T-Mobile Discontinuing Sidekick Sales Starting July 2
Odd wording... but its not the end.
They didn't. Its well known to be on the danger servers. T-mobile just connected point a-b.
Either way, I would bet any one of you there will be a new sidekick phone in the future. Its been a somewhat iconic device and has (read had) a really good following.
I'm sure that there will be a new device that has the same design, but isn't so reliant on a 'cloud'.
consmonaut said:
Strange the article says T-mobile lost consumer information.
They didn't. Its well known to be on the danger servers. T-mobile just connected point a-b.
Either way, I would bet any one of you there will be a new sidekick phone in the future. Its been a somewhat iconic device and has (read had) a really good following.
I'm sure that there will be a new device that has the same design, but isn't so reliant on a 'cloud'.
True. Just like Blackberry. I hear some people say Blackberry is gonna die but I highly doubt it. It has way too much of a following. I'm sure they'll be another Sidekick down the line. They'd be stupid not to produce one. Let's just hope it isn't based on the Kin lo...
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Since Danger introduced the phone originally as the HipTop, and T-Mo re-marketed it as the SideKick, T-Mo owns the name, and Danger/MS owns the device design, especially the patented swivel screen design. Therefore, no new SideKick will have the swivel screen w/o licensing that swivel screen technology from Microsoft (or buying the rights outright).
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