Yesterday, after many years, the Danger Sidekick servers were shut down for good. That’s right, the servers that powered one of the first great messaging phones are now gone. The Danger Sidekick servers were used to store the contact information and other data for users because the devices themselves didn’t have much memory to speak more »

T-Mobile announced that they would be shutting off the data service for the Sidekick on May 31st and at that time they promised to make for the “best possible transition.” Anyway, it seems the details of that transition have come available and well, lets just say that some may have expected a little more. That more »

T-Mobile has recently issued an official statement regarding the Danger powered Sidekick, and its one that is sure to anger some of the current users hold-outs — the Danger service (and your Sidekick) will be shutting down as of May 31st. That said, you still have a few months to enjoy your phone, but now more »

What’s the most common phrase heard around the Gadgetell newsroom? Is it “I love Apple?”, “that’s cool!” or “sweet!” ? Answer: none of them, it’s “they are on crack”. This week we see more than the usual share of illegal narcotics being passed around. Let’s pick up the trail. Verizon iPhone will never die Rough more »

We don’t get it. That about sums up the early reviews of Microsoft’s Kin One and Two. It has been clear from the start that Microsoft wanted to target a specific audience that isn’t the smartphone-toting gadgeteratti, no their target is the youth of America. Not a bad target to go for with the right more »

Once upon a time, Microsoft battled Blackberry for dominance in the smartphone market. Back then, there phones were inexpensive, received email (most of the time) and if you were patient enough, surfed the mobile web. Today, Microsoft’s Windows Mobile is on the skids and has been for a few years, making only incremental changes. Microsoft more »

Not too long before Apple announced that it would be holding an event to show off iPhone OS 4, Microsoft announced an event for next week for an announcement of its own. Unlike Apple’s announcement, Microsoft wasn’t too clear as to what would be happening at said event. What we know for sure is that more »

According to the FCC filing, Sharp has built a new phone that approximates the rumored Turtle design. Sharp built the Sidekicks for Danger back in the day and the suggestion here is Sharp is again building phones for Danger, now a part of Microsoft. If this rumor proves true, we should see an announcement from more »

The details are still pretty light on this story, but it looks like T-Mobile may soon begin phasing out sales of the Sidekick. This comes courtesy of BGR, who are reporting that “T-Mobile will slowly be phasing out all Sidekick sales.” The reasoning behind the phasing out is because of the still-rumored myTouch Slide, which more »