T-Mobile announced Sidekick Slide Scarlet, its first special variant of the Motorola-created messaging phone. With a QWERTY keyboard, slide-up QVGA screen and GSM/GPRS/EDGE data connection, the Slide’s key skills lie in its preloaded AOL, MSN and Yahoo! IM clients, together with support for POP3 and IMAP FETCH email.  It also has T-Mobile myFaves a 1.3-megapixel camera, media player and microSD slot.Pricing should stay in place for the Scarlet’s launch today with the phone selling for $200 along with a two-year contract; a contract-free version sells for $300.