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Will the Sidekick data issue affect the future of mobile phone cloud services?

The T-Mobile Sidekick was my very first fully converged device (see my 2002 Geek.com review) and I don't recall ever hearing about a significant data issue over the 7 years since T-Mobile has been carrying and supporting the Sidekick devices. The Danger seamless syncing was on the cutting edge of...

Tags: Phone, Mobile, T-Mobile Sidekick, Cell Phone, Advertising & Promotion, Marketing, Matthew Miller

Blog posts 2009-10-15

Microsoft needs to come clean over Sidekick/Danger disaster

So, it seems that a lot of T-Mobile Sidekick users out there have lost data thanks to the Microsoft acquired Danger data center going belly up. Sidekick users are, understandably, furious with T-Mobile, but let's put the blame squarely where it belongs - at Microsoft's door. by Adrian Kingsley-Hughes

Tags: T-Mobile, T-Mobile Sidekick, Microsoft Corp., Sidekick User, Data Centers, Storage, Hardware, Data Management, Adrian Kingsley-Hughes

Blog posts 2009-10-13

T-Mobile offers Sidekick customers $100 credit, is that enough to retain them all?

I wrote about the T-Mobile Sidekick disaster a couple of days ago and there have been many other stories talking about the impact this has had on customers. My local news has some stories on small business owners who lost all of their contacts and calendar data for scheduled engagements...

Tags: T-Mobile, T-Mobile Sidekick, Mobile Operating Systems, Manufacturing, Smart Phones, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Matthew Miller

Blog posts 2009-10-12

T-Mobile Sidekick data outage tests mettle of 800,000 customers, carrier

And before the gloating over a MS screw-up goes too far......try this one on for size, regarding Apple Snow Leopard hosing ALL data when logging in as a "guest". http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9139250/Snow_Leopard_bug_deletes_all_user_dataLOL...LOL...ROTFLMAO :DThat's the cost of secrecy...secrecy enables you to get by just swiping your deficiencies under the rug but that...

Tags: Data centers, Storage, T-Mobile, T-Mobile Sidekick, secrecy, Microsoft Corp., Lol, straight face, Apple Inc.

Discussion threads 2009-10-12

T-Mobile Sidekick data outage tests mettle of 800,000 customers, carrier

Users of T-Mobile Sidekick phones have been without data service for as much as two weeks and counting. by Andrew Nusca

Tags: T-Mobile, T-Mobile Sidekick, Outage, Carrier, Manufacturing, Andrew Nusca

Blog posts 2009-10-12

Danger/Microsoft lose ALL Sidekick data, do not reset your device

Engadget tipped us off on the news that all Sidekick users may lose their data due to a failure of the server that backs up and syncs all the data. I started out my wireless data experience with the original T-Mobile Sidekick, but thankfully have moved on to using services...

Tags: T-Mobile, T-Mobile Sidekick, Mobile Operating Systems, Wi-Fi, Wireless And Mobility, Matthew Miller

Blog posts 2009-10-10

Major outage hits T-Mobile Sidekick users

This is why I hate the Sidekick and gave mine upThere is absolutely no reason why you should lose access to your freaking contacts simply because the phone cannot connect to the data network. This isn't only an issue when the network goes down as it is now, it's an...

Tags: Telecom & Utilities, Manufacturing, phone, network, T-Mobile Sidekick, T-Mobile

Discussion threads 2009-10-06

Second look: A 40-year old's usage experiences with the Sidekick LX 2009

Just over a week ago I posted a few thoughts on what my oldest daughter's first impressions were of the T-Mobile Sidekick LX 2009. I let her use it for a couple more days and then I tried it out for the last 4 days or so. As I stated...

Tags: T-Mobile Sidekick, Sidekick LX 2009, Smart Phones, Cellular Phones, Handhelds, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Hardware, Matthew Miller

Blog posts 2009-05-13

T-Mobile Sidekick LX 2009 photos

CNET's hands-on photo gallery of the T-Mobile Sidekick LX 2009. by CNET News.com

Tags: T-Mobile, T-Mobile Sidekick, Photograph, CNET News.com

Image galleries 2009-05-05

First look: A 15-year old's perspective of the T-Mobile Sidekick LX 2009

First look: A 15-year old's perspective of the T-Mobile Sidekick LX 2009SInce this is more expensive than a G1wouldn't it be fair to compare it to a G1 to see what this gives you that a G1 does not?That is the planSince I am a G1 user on T-Mobile, my...

Tags: T-Mobile, T-Mobile Sidekick

Discussion threads 2009-05-04

First look: A 15-year old's perspective of the T-Mobile Sidekick LX 2009

It looks like my fellow mobile enthusiasts all received the new T-Mobile Sidekick LX on Friday when my two-week eval unit arrived. I decided to start with a slightly different method of providing you with a first impressions since the T-Mobile Sidekick lineup is more appealing to teenagers than the...

Tags: T-Mobile, T-Mobile Sidekick, Advertising & Promotion, Marketing, Matthew Miller

Blog posts 2009-05-04

Image Gallery: First look at the T-Mobile Sidekick LX 2009

T-Mobile has had the Sidekick lineup for about seven years now and the devices do quite well with the heavy text messaging crowd, especially when it comes to teenagers. I had my 15-year old spend the first 3 days with the Sidekick LX 2009 and asked her a few questions...

Tags: T-Mobile Sidekick, Text Messaging/SMS/MMS, Cellular Phones, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Online Communications, product photos, t-mobile, sidekick, smartphone, Matthew Miller

Image galleries 2009-05-04

New T-Mobile Sidekick LX to support Exchange ActiveSync

My first wireless data device was the first T-Mobile Sidekick and I was pretty excited to be able to quickly bang out emails and instant messages on the device. T-Mobile just announced the latest and greatest Sidekick, the Sidekick LX, that will be the first 3G-enabled, GPS-toting Sidekick device that...

Tags: Microsoft ActiveSync, T-Mobile, T-Mobile Sidekick, 3G, Instant Messaging, Wi-Fi, E-mail, Wireless And Mobility, Cellular Phones, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Internet, Online Communications, Matthew Miller

Blog posts 2009-04-16

T-Mobile Sidekick LX photos

Check out photos of the latest T-Mobile Sidekick LX. by CNET News.com

Tags: T-Mobile, T-Mobile Sidekick, Photograph, CNET News.com

Image galleries 2009-04-16

T-Mobile Sidekick 'most stolen phone in America'

The T-Mobile Sidekick might not be the best-selling phone in the United States (that honor goes to the Apple iPhone 3G), but it may be the most stolen. (Somewhere, Paris Hilton is cringing.) Boston police reported more than 300 stolen Sidekicks in 2008, accounting...

Tags: Phone, T-Mobile, T-Mobile Sidekick, Cell Phone, Telecom & Utilities, Cellular Phones, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Andrew Nusca

Blog posts 2009-03-02

Gphone and Android will fuel the social web

We've already seen the iPhone become a fertile ground for social networking applications and other forms of social software, thanks to its public Software Development Kit and modern standards-based web browser, but arguably Google's Android mobile platform will have an even greater impact on the social web. by Steve O'Hear

Tags: Apple iPhone, Google Android, Mobile, T-Mobile Sidekick, Social Web, Social Networking, Advertising & Promotion, Online Communications, Marketing, Steve O'Hear

Blog posts 2008-09-23

Photos: Top 10 reviews of the week

Here are CNET Reviews' 10 favorite items from the past week, including the Nikon D3, the T-Mobile Sidekick, and the Soundcast OutCast. by CNET News.com

Tags: T-Mobile Sidekick, Photograph, CNET News.com

Image galleries 2008-08-02

T-Mobile Sidekick

It's so hard to keep a good secret these days. Just ask T-Mobile. Word of its new Sidekick model, codenamed Gekko, got out months ago and was all but confirmed when the ruthless blogosphere got hold of some internal T-Mobile documents about the upcoming model. Well, today, the wraps were...

Tags: SideKick, T-Mobile, shell, T-Mobile Sidekick

Product reviews 2008-07-30

Is Microsoft's Danger play a poke at Apple? Google? (updated)

Microsoft said Monday that they're acquiring Palo Alto, CA-based Danger Inc., maker of the T-Mobile Sidekick QWERTY smartphone. Sidekicks feature a novel flip-up screen that reveals a full-size keyboard making easy work of texting and email. It could even be argued that the Sidekick (which the company...

Tags: jason D. O'Grady, Mobile, Microsoft Corp., Operating System, Advertising & Promotion, T-Mobile Sidekick, Acquisition, Google Inc., Operating Systems, Apple Inc., Wikipedia, iLounge, Marketing, Software

Blog posts 2008-02-12

MWC08: Microsoft aquires Danger, Inc.

I was unable to get connected at all yesterday since I was in meetings most of the day and the WiFi at the hotel and on the show floor is virtually non-existent. There is so much happening here and I will try to catch you up as fast as I...

Tags: Microsoft Windows Mobile, Mobile, T-Mobile Sidekick, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Handhelds, Ultramobile PCs (UMPCs), Advertising & Promotion, Software, Hardware, Tablets, Notebooks & Tablets, Emerging Technologies, Marketing, Matthew Miller

Blog posts 2008-02-12