Many people have lost data as the result of a Danger Inc. server outage. Danger Inc. is the manufacturing company behind Sidekick devices and is a subsidiary of Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT). Two lawsuits have been filed at the federal court in Northern California this past Wednesday. The outage caused many Sidekick users to lose their address books, calendars, and contacts.
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.”
T-Mobile announced last night that they may have a chance to retrieve data that was lost on Sidekick devices. The data loss was originally caused by a server failure by Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT) subsidiary Danger Inc. “Recent efforts indicate the prospects of recovering some lost content may now be possible,” stated a report by T-Mobile.
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.
Rumor has it that T-Mobile and AT&T will both be selling the BlackBerry Bold 2 on October 21. The BlackBerry Bold 2 is also known as the Onyx and the model number 9700. This BlackBerry uses a touch-pad interface. Other specs include high-gloss black finish, leather grain detail on the back, 3G web browsing, WiFi calling capable, visual voicemail, corporate/personal e-mail options. The phone comes preloaded with BlackBerry App World, TeleNav GPS, and the Amazon MP3 store.
The Samsung Behold II has a 5 megapixel camera with autofocus, flash, video recording, 3.2″ AMOLED display, WiFi, Bluetooth 2.1, and 16GB microSD expansion. The phone appears to be powered by Google Android and has a TouchWiz user interface. The phone has a 3D cube menu for rotating between different applications. Prices and availability is currently not known, but we are nearly certain that it will be here in time for the holidays.
If your BlackBerry has a WiFi collection, your current telecomm provider is T-Mobile, and you work for a major corporation then you may soon have the ability to make phone calls over your WiFi connection. That means when you talk to people at the office and walk around the building, as long as you have a WiFi connection you won’t have any dropped calls. And then when you leave the office building, the phone will automatically pick up the T-Mobile network connection so calls won’t be dropped. Of course this type of service won’t be free, there will be a monthly charge on top of normal services offered.
The Motorola CLIQ is powered by the Google Android operating system and has a heavy focus on social networking features. The device will be available on pre-order between October 19 and November 1. The cost is $200 and voice plans start at $30 per month. The data plan will cost an additional $25 per month. The company dubbed the CLIQ as the “first phone with social skills.”
Deutsche Telekom has called on Deutsche Bank advisers to study if it is possible for the telecommunications giant to buy Sprint. Sprint is the third largest telecommunications company in the United States. This possibility arises at a time when T-Mobile UK may be tying their operations with Orange to create the biggest mobile phone company in the United Kingdom.
Sprint has a market cap of $10.6 billion and Deutsche Telekom may submit a bid within the next few weeks. Deutsche Telekom has a market cap of $60.5 billion. T-Mobile U.S. continues to struggle against AT&T and Verizon Wireless in retaining customers. Both AT&T and Verizon have advanced 3G networks while T-Mobile has been slow at jumping on the bandwagon.
In order to buy out Sprint, Deutsche Telekom would need a cash injection from shareholders and the German government. The German government owns about 32% in Deutsche Telekom.
Motorola announced that the CLIQ mobile phone will be available on T-Mobile by 4Q of this year, just in time for the holidays. Why some companies to choose to announce products that won’t be coming out for months, I have no idea. The CLIQ runs on the MOTOBLUR operating system based on an Android skin. In PR terms, Motorola is calling this phone, the “first phone with social skills.” The phone will be available in Winter White and Titanium colors. The CLIQ has a 3.1″ screen based on a 320×480 resolution. For quick downloads the phone has WiFi and a 3G connection. The phone has a built in 5 megapixel camera and it can shoot 24fps video. Across international waters, the phone will be known as the DEXT. The phone will be available on the following mobile networks: Orange, Telefonica, and American Movil.
T-Mobile has sent out a press photo of the BlackBerry Bold 9700 (with the codename Onyx). This will be T-Mobile’s first 3G-enabled BlackBerry mobile phone on their network. The phone will is expected to be available by this November. The phone will have UMA support and WiFi. There will also be corporate e-mail built in and visual voicemail. The 9700 will also have TeleNav GPS Navigator and the Amazon MP3 store pre-installed. List of other specs are listed below:
- A new trackpad
- UMTS/HSDPA
- Quad-band GSM/GPRS/EDGE
- 480×360 resolution screen
- WiFi (802.11g)
- OS 5.0
- QWERTY keyboard
- 3.2 megapixel AF camera
- Bluetooth
The U.K. operations of Deutsche Telekom subsidiary T-Mobile and Orange are planning to merge as long as government regulators approve of the plan. If T-Mobile and Orange merge, then both companies combined will have 28.4 million customers combined and will be making about 9.4 billion Euros per year.
This would make the combined company the largest provider in the United Kingdom. This would even beat Telefonica’s O2 subsidiary. O2 has about 37% of the U.K. mobile phone market. This is the second largest proposed deal that took place in the U.K. this week. Kraft Foods offered £10.2 billion to take over chocolate company Cadbury’s earlier this week too.
Orange CEO Tom Alexander would become the head of the combined CEO. T-Mobile UK head Richard Moat would become the COO of the combined company. Combining the companies would cost roughly £800 million. More details to follow as they come in.
Samsung Electronics has launched a new 3G phone called the t659. The t659 is a slider with a 2 megapixel camera. The phone also has Bluetooth capabilities, a 16GB microSD slot, AGPS, integrated RSS reader, and HSDPA. The t659 can be bought for $70 on contract after discounts and rebates.
An image has been sent over to the Crackberry team that indicates that the BlackBerry 9700 is heading to T-Mobile. The phone is seen above looking spiffy with its silver chrome and a leather battery cover. This may be T-Mo’s first 3G BlackBerry. The 9700 specs include Quad-band GSM/GPRS/EDGE, UMTS/HSDPA, 480×360 resolution, WiFi a,b,g, OS 5.0, QWERTY keyboard, 3.2 MP camera, and Bluetooth.
Amit Chowdhry | August 10, 2009 | 187 views | Comments Categorized under T-Mobile
T-Mobile USA, the fourth largest wireless company has added 325,000 subscribers in the second quarter. Most of the new subscribers have chosen prepaid contracts instead of post-paid. Most of Verizon and AT&T’s subscribers are contract-signing due to the carriers’ abilities to subsidize the cost of high-end mobile phones.
Sprint and T-Mobile both compete for lower paying customers. By the end of the second quarter earlier this week, T-Mobile said that they have 33.5 million customers. Of the 33.5 million customers, only 5.7 million customers were on contract. T-Mobile revenue dropped from $5.47 billion last year to $5.34 billion this year.
T-Mobile, you son of a gun you have done it again. Another Android-powered HTC phone has hit your shelves at a price of $199.99 with a 2 year T-Mo contract. Specs include a 3.2 megapixel camera, full HTML browser, GSM Quad-band phone capable of global roaming, dual-band global 3G, 320×480 pixels, and 6 hours of talk time. Applications can be downloaded through the Android Market on the phone. T-Mo launched a website for the phone called t-mobilemytouch.com.
Next month T-Mobile will be hosting several events across the U.S. in celebration of the launch of the HTC Touch Pro2 and the HTC Dash 3G. The Touch Pro2 was announced back in February and the Dash 3G details leaked earlier this month. The Dash 3G is also known as the HTC Snap.
BGR has a list of cities and links to the registration. Below are the cities and the dates of the event:
- July 14 – San Francisco, CA
- July 15 – Chicago, IL
- July 16 – Los Angeles, CA
- July 21 – Arlington, VA
- July 22 – Houston, TX
- July 23 – Atlanta, GA
- July 28 – Ft. Lauderdale, FL
