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It's always sad to watch the machine gobble up more and more creative enterprises. I always thought Danger did a good job of design and marketing, at least to the consumer crowd (though they never got their prices to the "sweet" spot), it'll be a shame that they become another arm of MS.

Say it ain't so Danger. Yahoo! did it, you can too!]]>Feb 11th 2008 10:50AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/11/microsoft-buys-danger-windows-mobile-sidekick-imminent/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/11/microsoft-buys-danger-windows-mobile-sidekick-imminent/
It's always sad to watch the machine gobble up more and more creative enterprises. I always thought Danger did a good job of design and marketing, at least to the consumer crowd (though they never got their prices to the "sweet" spot), it'll be a shame that they become another arm of MS.

Say it ain't so Danger. Yahoo! did it, you can too!]]>Feb 11th 2008 10:50AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/11/microsoft-buys-danger-windows-mobile-sidekick-imminent/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/11/microsoft-buys-danger-windows-mobile-sidekick-imminent/Feb 11th 2008 10:53AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/11/microsoft-buys-danger-windows-mobile-sidekick-imminent/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/11/microsoft-buys-danger-windows-mobile-sidekick-imminent/Feb 11th 2008 11:40AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/11/microsoft-buys-danger-windows-mobile-sidekick-imminent/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/11/microsoft-buys-danger-windows-mobile-sidekick-imminent/
I love Windows Mobile.
Call me crazy.]]>Feb 11th 2008 10:50AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/11/microsoft-buys-danger-windows-mobile-sidekick-imminent/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/11/microsoft-buys-danger-windows-mobile-sidekick-imminent/Feb 11th 2008 10:57AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/11/microsoft-buys-danger-windows-mobile-sidekick-imminent/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/11/microsoft-buys-danger-windows-mobile-sidekick-imminent/Feb 11th 2008 11:22AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/11/microsoft-buys-danger-windows-mobile-sidekick-imminent/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/11/microsoft-buys-danger-windows-mobile-sidekick-imminent/Feb 11th 2008 11:36AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/11/microsoft-buys-danger-windows-mobile-sidekick-imminent/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/11/microsoft-buys-danger-windows-mobile-sidekick-imminent/Feb 11th 2008 10:52AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/11/microsoft-buys-danger-windows-mobile-sidekick-imminent/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/11/microsoft-buys-danger-windows-mobile-sidekick-imminent/Feb 11th 2008 10:54AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/11/microsoft-buys-danger-windows-mobile-sidekick-imminent/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/11/microsoft-buys-danger-windows-mobile-sidekick-imminent/Feb 11th 2008 10:58AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/11/microsoft-buys-danger-windows-mobile-sidekick-imminent/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/11/microsoft-buys-danger-windows-mobile-sidekick-imminent/Feb 11th 2008 10:58AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/11/microsoft-buys-danger-windows-mobile-sidekick-imminent/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/11/microsoft-buys-danger-windows-mobile-sidekick-imminent/Feb 11th 2008 11:03AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/11/microsoft-buys-danger-windows-mobile-sidekick-imminent/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/11/microsoft-buys-danger-windows-mobile-sidekick-imminent/Feb 11th 2008 11:54AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/11/microsoft-buys-danger-windows-mobile-sidekick-imminent/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/11/microsoft-buys-danger-windows-mobile-sidekick-imminent/Feb 11th 2008 10:55AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/11/microsoft-buys-danger-windows-mobile-sidekick-imminent/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/11/microsoft-buys-danger-windows-mobile-sidekick-imminent/Feb 11th 2008 10:55AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/11/microsoft-buys-danger-windows-mobile-sidekick-imminent/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/11/microsoft-buys-danger-windows-mobile-sidekick-imminent/
The Sidekick's got the only five-row keyboard on a smart phone. It's also got a robust ssh client (albeit a $10 addon). That makes for happy sysadmins. Beyond that, while I'm not claiming the platform's the ideal, I'm happy that the OS and bundled apps focus so perfectly on Internet functionality. If I wanted a great cellphone camera and music player on a mediocre cellphone with the world's worst keyboard, I'd get an iPhone.]]>Feb 11th 2008 11:10AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/11/microsoft-buys-danger-windows-mobile-sidekick-imminent/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/11/microsoft-buys-danger-windows-mobile-sidekick-imminent/
A good product, maybe. But can make you look a little unprofessional? Definitely.]]>Feb 11th 2008 11:24AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/11/microsoft-buys-danger-windows-mobile-sidekick-imminent/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/11/microsoft-buys-danger-windows-mobile-sidekick-imminent/Feb 11th 2008 12:49PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/11/microsoft-buys-danger-windows-mobile-sidekick-imminent/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/11/microsoft-buys-danger-windows-mobile-sidekick-imminent/
Honestly, the Sidekick LX really is the ideal Internet-enabled smartphone from a design standpoint; I have a hard time taking three- and four-line keyboards like the BlackBerry's seriously. The impositions that Danger and T-Mobile put on the platform, unfortunately, hobble it. But given the tradeoffs and compromises, I'm happy to help make the Sidekick that much less cool by using it constantly.]]>Feb 11th 2008 2:09PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/11/microsoft-buys-danger-windows-mobile-sidekick-imminent/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/11/microsoft-buys-danger-windows-mobile-sidekick-imminent/
Nokia disagrees with you...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Nokia-e90.jpg
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Nokia_e70_auki.jpg
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I don't indulge, myself, but for the sake of people who do, I hope the weed that inspired the E70's "keyboard" makes it to these shores.]]>Feb 11th 2008 9:46PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/11/microsoft-buys-danger-windows-mobile-sidekick-imminent/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/11/microsoft-buys-danger-windows-mobile-sidekick-imminent/Feb 11th 2008 10:56AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/11/microsoft-buys-danger-windows-mobile-sidekick-imminent/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/11/microsoft-buys-danger-windows-mobile-sidekick-imminent/
I remember when I first owned my Hiptop. I was constantly submitting bugs... until I eventually gave up. There were just too many and the fact that they crippled the phone for developers royally pissed me off.]]>Feb 11th 2008 12:27PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/11/microsoft-buys-danger-windows-mobile-sidekick-imminent/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/11/microsoft-buys-danger-windows-mobile-sidekick-imminent/
I found Windows Mobile to be incredibly slow, bloated, difficult to navigate, and overly complicated. Perhaps it wasn't a right fit for me; I'm not a PDA poweruser - however, it was still slow and tough to move around quickly.]]>Feb 11th 2008 1:26PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/11/microsoft-buys-danger-windows-mobile-sidekick-imminent/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/11/microsoft-buys-danger-windows-mobile-sidekick-imminent/Feb 11th 2008 11:10AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/11/microsoft-buys-danger-windows-mobile-sidekick-imminent/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/11/microsoft-buys-danger-windows-mobile-sidekick-imminent/Feb 11th 2008 11:05AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/11/microsoft-buys-danger-windows-mobile-sidekick-imminent/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/11/microsoft-buys-danger-windows-mobile-sidekick-imminent/Feb 11th 2008 11:09AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/11/microsoft-buys-danger-windows-mobile-sidekick-imminent/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/11/microsoft-buys-danger-windows-mobile-sidekick-imminent/
It was always made by Sharp. and on the slide by motorola]]>Feb 11th 2008 11:13AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/11/microsoft-buys-danger-windows-mobile-sidekick-imminent/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/11/microsoft-buys-danger-windows-mobile-sidekick-imminent/Danger just did the software.]]>Feb 11th 2008 11:14AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/11/microsoft-buys-danger-windows-mobile-sidekick-imminent/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/11/microsoft-buys-danger-windows-mobile-sidekick-imminent/Feb 11th 2008 11:23AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/11/microsoft-buys-danger-windows-mobile-sidekick-imminent/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/11/microsoft-buys-danger-windows-mobile-sidekick-imminent/Feb 11th 2008 11:23AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/11/microsoft-buys-danger-windows-mobile-sidekick-imminent/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/11/microsoft-buys-danger-windows-mobile-sidekick-imminent/Feb 11th 2008 1:07PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/11/microsoft-buys-danger-windows-mobile-sidekick-imminent/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/11/microsoft-buys-danger-windows-mobile-sidekick-imminent/Feb 11th 2008 1:02PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/11/microsoft-buys-danger-windows-mobile-sidekick-imminent/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/11/microsoft-buys-danger-windows-mobile-sidekick-imminent/Feb 11th 2008 11:07AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/11/microsoft-buys-danger-windows-mobile-sidekick-imminent/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/11/microsoft-buys-danger-windows-mobile-sidekick-imminent/Feb 11th 2008 11:10AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/11/microsoft-buys-danger-windows-mobile-sidekick-imminent/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/11/microsoft-buys-danger-windows-mobile-sidekick-imminent/Feb 11th 2008 11:48AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/11/microsoft-buys-danger-windows-mobile-sidekick-imminent/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/11/microsoft-buys-danger-windows-mobile-sidekick-imminent/Feb 11th 2008 11:16AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/11/microsoft-buys-danger-windows-mobile-sidekick-imminent/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/11/microsoft-buys-danger-windows-mobile-sidekick-imminent/I thought that danger made the software. The likes of Phillips and recently Moto (slide) were the hardware manufacturers.]]>Feb 11th 2008 11:18AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/11/microsoft-buys-danger-windows-mobile-sidekick-imminent/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/11/microsoft-buys-danger-windows-mobile-sidekick-imminent/
It's the 90s again! My time machine worked!]]>Feb 11th 2008 11:18AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/11/microsoft-buys-danger-windows-mobile-sidekick-imminent/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/11/microsoft-buys-danger-windows-mobile-sidekick-imminent/Feb 11th 2008 5:37PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/11/microsoft-buys-danger-windows-mobile-sidekick-imminent/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/11/microsoft-buys-danger-windows-mobile-sidekick-imminent/Feb 11th 2008 11:28AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/11/microsoft-buys-danger-windows-mobile-sidekick-imminent/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/11/microsoft-buys-danger-windows-mobile-sidekick-imminent/Yahoo
Motorola
Apple
Comcast
Tribune Co.
Johnson & Johnson
The US Government
The United Nations
Pluto]]>Feb 11th 2008 11:33AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/11/microsoft-buys-danger-windows-mobile-sidekick-imminent/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/11/microsoft-buys-danger-windows-mobile-sidekick-imminent/
I'd peg them for a Jupiter purchase.]]>Feb 11th 2008 12:23PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/11/microsoft-buys-danger-windows-mobile-sidekick-imminent/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/11/microsoft-buys-danger-windows-mobile-sidekick-imminent/
1) Reduces the profile of the Sidekick to be less brick-like
2) Skin Windows Mobile to be more consumer friendly. Perhaps a Zune-line interface?
3) Touch screen?
4) Add Zune functionality

A corporate version of the Sidekick could be a real winner if Microsoft plays their cards right, but what are the odds of that?
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http://www.statesman.com/business/content/business/stories/technology/02/11/0211schmidt.html
]]>Feb 11th 2008 2:54PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/11/microsoft-buys-danger-windows-mobile-sidekick-imminent/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/11/microsoft-buys-danger-windows-mobile-sidekick-imminent/
my disappointment, let me show it to you.

well, i guess i'm definitely going to the xperia 1 now. danger, you've let me down.]]>Feb 11th 2008 11:44AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/11/microsoft-buys-danger-windows-mobile-sidekick-imminent/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/11/microsoft-buys-danger-windows-mobile-sidekick-imminent/
This seriously makes no sense as far as a purchase for Microsoft goes. Perhaps they'll overlay Silverlight on top of the OS and make it "look pretty"... ]]>Feb 11th 2008 11:53AM