Comments on: Microsoft/Danger. Enough Said.

By: The Sidekick is Dead. Long Live the Sidekick. T-Mobile Aims to Reinvent the Original Smartphone | Ina Fried | Mobilized | AllThingsD

Tue, 15 Mar 2011 04:01:48 +0000

[...] of the Danger-based Sidekicks has been waning for years–and dropped precipitously after a major server failure in 2009, the company said the brand has remained strong and kept a loyal [...]

By: T-Mobile Killing Off Microsoft’s Danger Servers Ahead of Android-based Sidekicks

Tue, 01 Mar 2011 06:00:25 +0000

[...] Sidekick line has been entrance for some time. Its predestine was substantially hermetic after a large outage in a tumble of 2009 that left many users yet entrance to their information for [...]

By: T-Mobile Pulling the Plug on Microsoft's Danger Service, Paving Way for Android-based Sidekicks | Ina Fried | Mobilized | AllThingsD

Tue, 01 Mar 2011 05:02:35 +0000

[...] of the Danger-based Sidekick line has been coming for some time. Its fate was probably sealed after a massive outage in the fall of 2009 that left many users without access to their data for [...]

By: Should $RIMM sell? StockTwits Tech Blog

Should $RIMM sell? StockTwits Tech Blog — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 13:48:02 +0000

[...] An acquisition and/or merger with $MSFT or $NOK would simply combine two struggling companies with large installed bases but wholly incompatible platforms. $MSFT has already been down that road and it’s been a bumpy ride so far. [...]

By: Succinctly Speaking With Steve Ballmer: Sidekick Fiasco “Not Good” | John Paczkowski | Digital Daily | AllThingsD

Tue, 20 Oct 2009 19:07:47 +0000

[...] Sidekick users who lost their personal data in a humiliating server failure at Microsoft (MSFT) subsidiary Danger last … are today restoring their contact lists — but not much else. With a tool provide on [...]

By: If the SideKick Fiasco is a “Premium Mobile Experience,” I’d Hate to See the Basic Version | John Paczkowski | Digital Daily | AllThingsD

Thu, 15 Oct 2009 13:44:22 +0000

[...] news for SideKick users bemoaning the backend server failure that wiped out their personal data — and those suing over it. Microsoft (MSFT) says it has recovered most of the data that it [...]

By: Danger Will Robinson! Do Not Approach the SideKick | John Paczkowski | Digital Daily | AllThingsD

Mon, 12 Oct 2009 23:23:55 +0000

[...] quick update on the Microsoft/Danger SideKick fiasco. T-Mobile has pulled its Sidekick handsets off the market following a backend server failure that [...]