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T-Mobile Selling Sidekick 4G For $99 With A Two Year Contract

Amit Chowdhry — Tue, 22 Mar 2011 18:43:07 +0000

T-Mobile will soon start selling the Sidekick 4G for $99.99 with a $50 mail-in rebate and two-year contract with unlimited data. For those of you that opt in for a two year contract but goes for a lower-end data plan will have to pay $149.99 for the Sidekick 4G. The Sidekick 4G does not have a 180-degree swivel, but it has a slider instead. The Sidekick 4G runs on the Android 2.2 operating system. The pre-order website will be working soon. [Engadget]

Microsoft Ending Danger Service On May 31, But T-Mobile To Offer New Phone Deals

Amit Chowdhry — Sun, 06 Mar 2011 08:26:24 +0000

T-Mobile has confirmed that Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT) is ending Danger’s cloud services starting on May 31st. If you are using a Sidekick, then you will need a new phone. T-Mobile said that they are providing offers “to help make an easy transition.” Below is a statement from T-Mobile about the Sidekick:

“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]

T-Mobile Cutting Off Sidekicks

Amit Chowdhry — Fri, 02 Jul 2010 14:38:48 +0000

Starting today T-Mobile is discontinuing sales of the Sidekick. This means that the Sidekick LX 2009 will not be available for purchase going forward. Sidekicks were developed by Danger Inc., which ended up being acquired by Microsoft. This is the second line of phones associated with Microsoft that has been ceased this week, the first being the Kin. Sidekick fans should not be discouraged because T-Mobile said that they are working “on the next chapter of [its] storied Sidekick franchise.” T-Mobile owns the Sidekick brand. Rumor has it that they plan to use Android for the next line of Sidekicks. [Engadget]

T-Mobile Begins Selling Sidekicks Again

Amit Chowdhry — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 23:05:50 +0000

This past October many Sidekick users lost their data temporarily. This include contacts, pictures, downloads, etc. This led to several people suing Danger Inc., T-Mobile, and Microsoft Corporation (the owner of Danger). Since the time of that incident, Sidekicks were pulled from the shelves and were no longer being sold. This week Danger, T-Mobile, and Microsoft have started selling the Sidekick phones once again.

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.