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T-Mobile's Sidekick data: All may not be lost
News There may be some good news for Sidekick owners: users' data which was thought lost after a server failure at Microsoft subsidiary Danger - the company that makes the devices - may yet be retrieved. Users of T-Mobile's... [13 Oct 2009]
Microsoft kicks off mobile fightback with double OS
News The company purchased Danger, known for creating the teen-centred T-Mobile Sidekick, and Ho heads that unit as well. Microsoft's efforts to regain lost ground in the mobile phone business will see the company offering... [20 Aug 2009]
Minority Report: Why is Apple skipping Macworld?
Comment One news organisation even posited the idea that the 'one more thing' announcement Jobs used to save until last could still be delivered by him this year and not by the lovable sidekick. The iconic Macworld event has... [05 Jan 2009]
Google's Android phone unveiled at last
News The device, which has a full QWERTY keyboard that slides out from a touch-screen exterior, looks similar to other devices on the market, such as the T-Mobile Sidekick or Verizon's LG Voyager. Google's first Android phone... [24 Sep 2008]
Microsoft: One mobile device to rule them all
News Microsoft also announced it is acquiring mobile software and services company Danger - maker of the technology behind T-Mobile's Sidekick device - a company it said "enables an audience of people who want to be... [11 Feb 2008]
Steve Ranger's Notebook: Hollywood fears the geek
Comment Sure, it would be even more interesting to see the hacker as hero of a blockbuster - but it's better to have one as the villain than just the nerdy sidekick, for once. Rejoice! Techies are now so feared by the public... [18 Jul 2007]
T-Mobile takes on i-mode with web 'n' walk
News To accompany web 'n' walk, T-Mobile will be releasing eight new handsets by Christmas including the Paris Hilton 'hack' phone, the Sidekick, and a 2G, 3G, Wi-Fi combo, the MDA Pro. T-Mobile has launched its own mobile... [06 Oct 2005]
Paris Hilton hacker teen gets 11 month grounding
News Having gained access to T-Mobile USA's systems, the teen found information Paris Hilton stored on her Sidekick, a mobile device that lets users make calls, surf the web, take pictures, and send email and instant messages. [15 Sep 2005]
Agenda Setters: Where are they now... Bill Gates
News That, and Google poaching a key Microsoft employee, even drove Gates' sidekick Steve Ballmer to recently declare he wanted to 'kill' Google. As the countdown begins to silicon.com's sixth annual Agenda Setters poll of... [08 Sep 2005]
PDA sales surge by 32 per cent as prices fall
News Dell's and HP's market share continued to suffer, however, with T-Mobile's Sidekick II and Pocket PC Phone Edition devices pushing Dell out of the top-five ranking, analysts said. Falling prices and wireless connectivity... [03 Aug 2005]
Radioactive: Set our mobile content free
Comment Only those with a Sidekick II, MDA Compact, Nokia 6680 and - from September - the SDA smartphone will have access to the service. This approach, says Futurity Media's Anthony Plewes, will make users happier - and make... [06 Jul 2005]
Paris Hilton hacked thanks to old school scamming
News One of the now notorious Paris Hilton hacker gang - who lifted pictures and celebrities' numbers from the 'heirhead''s T-Mobile Sidekick phone - has revealed he's no technical genius, just a dab hand at old-fashioned... [20 May 2005]
AOL goes nocturnal with pop-unders
News Pop-unders and their more intrusive sidekick, pop-ups have been the source of massive frustration for web surfers in recent years. AOL will begin limiting pop-under advertisements linked to its AOL Instant Messenger... [17 Jun 2004]
Leader: Government IT leaders on verge of new era
Leader NHS IT director general Richard Granger has just appointed a sidekick in Professor Aidan Halligan to help execute the delivery of the billions of pounds of IT contracts that have just been awarded. The race for the post... [05 May 2004]
Instant messages take aim at texting
News AOL has been cozying up to other device makers, such as Danger, maker of the Sidekick. AOL has developed a service with mobile provider Verizon allowing customers to send instant messages that arrive as text messages on... [02 Jul 2003]
