If you are a Verizon Wireless customer and are having trouble with your data connection this morning — rest assured in knowing that you are not alone. The details are coming by way of the Verizon Wireless support forums where users are beginning to post reports of 3G and 4G data outages across the country. more »

BlackBerry users were forced to deal with yet another outage-the second one in less than a week. The trouble began at around 7:00 Eastern time, bringing data services to a screeching halt. Email, Blackberry Messenger, web browsing and social media services were all affected. The outage was large, affecting all major carriers in North and more »

For those of us who are not following the Sidekick as intently anymore, the fact that they have been unavailable may not have been anything to even think twice about. But that said, there are some pretty loyal Sidekick users and this news should be welcomed news for them — T-Mobile has resumed sales of more »

It looks like we’re finally at the end of the great Sidekick disaster. Well, we thought we were already at the end when T-Mobile said that the data was lost and offered users gift cards and free data for a month. Now it looks like we’ll be able to put a bit of a happier more »

T-Mobile has released an updated statement in regards to the great Sidekick data loss incident of 2009. Of course, I am pretty sure this will not make everyone happy. According to the details, which comes by way of the official T-Mobile User Forums, those customers who have “experienced a significant and permanent loss of personal more »

T-Mobile has yanked the Sidekick off its site and ordered stores to stop selling it following the latest in a series of technical woes affecting the popular device. Just over a week ago users found themselves unable to browse the web, connect to social networking sites, IM or even access their address books. That outage more »

If you have been following the recent Sidekick data outage loss incident, you may have already heard that Microsoft has since officially announced that the data has most likely been lost — forever.

Regrettably, based on Microsoft/Danger’s latest recovery assessment of their systems, we must now inform you that personal information stored on your device – such as contacts, calendar entries, to-do lists or photos – that is no longer on your Sidekick almost certainly has been lost as a result of a server failure at Microsoft/Danger.

That same statement went on to say that;

However, the likelihood of a successful outcome is extremely low.

While some (myself included) may poke fun at the Sidekick in today’s smartphone market, but that aside, this incident should cause anyone who uses a cloud or web based service to sit up and pay attention.

Sidekick users have been suffering through a major data outage that began Friday morning. The outage knocked out internet service, IM, social networking, web browsing, the camera, and even users’ address books. As of last night, T-Mobile said it had restored service to “critical functions” and hoped to have it completely restored by Thursday. Microsoft, more »