“After May 31, 2011, the Danger Service (a subsidiary of Microsoft) used by T-Mobile Sidekick customers for data services will no longer be available on Sidekick devices.

T-Mobile will provide offers for our Sidekick customers before May 31, 2011, to help make an easy transition from their existing Sidekick device to a new device. We will have more information to share about these offers with our customers in the weeks ahead.

To ensure the best possible transition for our loyal Sidekick customers, an enhanced Web tool is available on myT-Mobile.com to easily export their personal data, including contacts, photos, calendar, notes, to-do lists, and bookmarks, from the Danger service to a new device, computer, or a designated e-mail account. An application is also available in the Sidekick Catalog to make it easy to export personal data to the Sidekick’s memory card. Many T-Mobile stores can transfer data from that card to a new T-Mobile device if the customer brings in the memory card and Sidekick.”

[Engadget]

The Kin One is a curved square slider with 4GB of internal storage, a QVGA display, 5 megapixel camera with LED flash, and a QWERTY keyboard.

The Kin Two has an HVGA display and a QWERTY slide form keyboard. The Two has an 8MP camera and 8GB of internal storage.

Both phones can sync photos and videos using online storage so internal storage should not be a huge factor in your decision making if you want one of the phones.

The two phones also have features called “Spot” and “Loop.” Loop aggregates social media content from Twitter and Facebook. Spot is a green dot at the bottom of the screen where you can drag around content such as maps, status updates, videos, etc.

Both phones will be landing on Verizon in May for the U.S. Vodafone will have the phones available in Europe in the Fall. No word on prices yet. [Engadget]

For those who were not able to access their data, T-Mobile offered them $100 gift cards. Sidekicks were slightly cheaper when they started selling again this week. The high-end LX model of the Sidekick was priced at $175, now it is priced at $175.

When a Sidekick’s battery dies, all personal data could be lost which is uncommon from many other phones. But Microsoft servers are able to restore that data. After the servers went down in October, any Sidekicks that had a dead battery had a higher chance of losing data.

Microsoft and T-Mobile indicated last week that the data might be permanently lost. However on Monday night the companies announced that some people may be able to get their information back. One of the lawsuits claims that Microsoft and Danger did not take reasonable care of the data and indicated that the Sidekick was falsely advertised.

One of the prosecutors is Maureen Thompson. Thompson’s daughter is an aspiring model and songwriter that uses the phone to store personal and business contacts. She also used the phone for storing music lyrics that are not saved anywhere else. Thompson bought the phone because T-Mobile promised that the data would be protected no matter what.

“Further complicating the data loss is the fact that Sidekicks, unlike iPhones, BlackBerrys and other smartphones, are not designed to sync locally with a user’s personal computer without additional software and hardware,” stated the filed lawsuit. “This means that most users were not able to backup their data locally, but were encouraged and required to rely on Microsoft/Danger.”

For those of you whose data is permanently lost, there will be a $100 customer appreciation card towards T-Mobile products or services. The customers that have lost data will be notified in the next 14 days whether that can be any retrieval. T-Mobile and Danger worked diligently throughout the work-day yesterday to retrieve the data.

During the Sidekick’s instability period, T-Mobile halted the sales of the device. While Danger and T-Mobile worked on restoring the servers, Sidekick users were encouraged not to take out the battery from the device or reset it.

The Turtle and the Pure phones will be made by Sharp. Sharp was the company behind the Sidekick hardware, made by Danger. Danger is a telecommunications company that Microsoft bought a couple of years ago for $500 million. Rumor also has it that the Turtle and the Pure will have their own app store and will complement the Zune.

Google Android is a Linux-based open source operating system. 

Microsoft’s acquisition of Danger Inc. symbolizes the potential strategies they have for seizing market-share in the telecommunications industry.  Windows Mobile operating systems are the standard in many Smart Phones now, but that’s clearly not enough for the software giant.  Danger Inc. innovated and manufactures the Sidekick.  Having this phone became viral quickly and was distributed through T-Mobile.

“Microsoft is a global leader with our Windows Mobile software and expanding mobile services,” stated Robbie Bach, President of the Entertainment/Devices Division at Microsoft. “The addition of Danger serves as a perfect complement to our existing software and services, and also strengthens our dedication to improving mobile experiences centered around individuals and what they like.”

Danger Inc. previously raised roughly $225 million (45% of their acquisition price).