http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/01/t-mobile-kills-off-current-sidekicks-kin-says-welcome-to-the-c/ Engadget Comments for T-Mobile kills off current Sidekicks, Kin says 'welcome to the club' http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/01/t-mobile-kills-off-current-sidekicks-kin-says-welcome-to-the-c/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/01/t-mobile-kills-off-current-sidekicks-kin-says-welcome-to-the-c/Jul 1st 2010 3:51PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/01/t-mobile-kills-off-current-sidekicks-kin-says-welcome-to-the-c/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/01/t-mobile-kills-off-current-sidekicks-kin-says-welcome-to-the-c/Jul 1st 2010 3:53PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/01/t-mobile-kills-off-current-sidekicks-kin-says-welcome-to-the-c/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/01/t-mobile-kills-off-current-sidekicks-kin-says-welcome-to-the-c/you're trippen

being a sidekick user since the first one, i gotta say they where badass phones

rip]]>Jul 1st 2010 3:55PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/01/t-mobile-kills-off-current-sidekicks-kin-says-welcome-to-the-c/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/01/t-mobile-kills-off-current-sidekicks-kin-says-welcome-to-the-c/
My Children are Home. I welcome them. ]]>Jul 1st 2010 3:58PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/01/t-mobile-kills-off-current-sidekicks-kin-says-welcome-to-the-c/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/01/t-mobile-kills-off-current-sidekicks-kin-says-welcome-to-the-c/Jul 1st 2010 3:59PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/01/t-mobile-kills-off-current-sidekicks-kin-says-welcome-to-the-c/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/01/t-mobile-kills-off-current-sidekicks-kin-says-welcome-to-the-c/were/where being the operative word/s]]>Jul 1st 2010 4:00PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/01/t-mobile-kills-off-current-sidekicks-kin-says-welcome-to-the-c/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/01/t-mobile-kills-off-current-sidekicks-kin-says-welcome-to-the-c/Jul 1st 2010 4:06PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/01/t-mobile-kills-off-current-sidekicks-kin-says-welcome-to-the-c/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/01/t-mobile-kills-off-current-sidekicks-kin-says-welcome-to-the-c/Bagel drawf me!
On a serious note tho -- I gotta say I Think the sidekick is pretty damned cool looking...maybe it's just me who thinks that though.]]>Jul 1st 2010 4:15PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/01/t-mobile-kills-off-current-sidekicks-kin-says-welcome-to-the-c/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/01/t-mobile-kills-off-current-sidekicks-kin-says-welcome-to-the-c/
I also actually liked the Kin phones as well. Even defended them at one point....Little did I know.]]>Jul 1st 2010 4:19PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/01/t-mobile-kills-off-current-sidekicks-kin-says-welcome-to-the-c/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/01/t-mobile-kills-off-current-sidekicks-kin-says-welcome-to-the-c/I wonder how WP7 goes....]]>Jul 1st 2010 4:19PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/01/t-mobile-kills-off-current-sidekicks-kin-says-welcome-to-the-c/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/01/t-mobile-kills-off-current-sidekicks-kin-says-welcome-to-the-c/
WP7, now there's an OS they're putting their hard work into. Ironically, all of the GOOD things from the Kin are being assimilated into WP7, so I guess that's a plus.]]>Jul 1st 2010 4:30PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/01/t-mobile-kills-off-current-sidekicks-kin-says-welcome-to-the-c/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/01/t-mobile-kills-off-current-sidekicks-kin-says-welcome-to-the-c/=D]]>Jul 1st 2010 4:32PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/01/t-mobile-kills-off-current-sidekicks-kin-says-welcome-to-the-c/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/01/t-mobile-kills-off-current-sidekicks-kin-says-welcome-to-the-c/
and i'll take that delicious cup of coffee too ;-]

the removal of popular but low-profit margin phones may be a subtle sign of contraction of the entire telecom mobile industry consistent with the prediction of the rest of the economic outlook for the rest of the year and most likely well into 2011. It wouldn't surprise me if the carriers would chose to reduce inventory and focus on managing costs in the near future instead of agressively seeking growth and expansion. It's been shown that most of the growth in the mobile industry in the mid and long-term will likely come from overseas.]]>Jul 1st 2010 4:44PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/01/t-mobile-kills-off-current-sidekicks-kin-says-welcome-to-the-c/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/01/t-mobile-kills-off-current-sidekicks-kin-says-welcome-to-the-c/So I guess we're just going to have to go the old fashioned route if we want to see Paris Hilton's undersmile?]]>Jul 1st 2010 5:00PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/01/t-mobile-kills-off-current-sidekicks-kin-says-welcome-to-the-c/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/01/t-mobile-kills-off-current-sidekicks-kin-says-welcome-to-the-c/Jul 1st 2010 5:12PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/01/t-mobile-kills-off-current-sidekicks-kin-says-welcome-to-the-c/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/01/t-mobile-kills-off-current-sidekicks-kin-says-welcome-to-the-c/I always hated Kin. The concept is great though -- having a phone that's 100% cloud based...problem is, the kin UI sucked...and the services just were not there...combine that with overpriced data plans and = fail.

I would love a cloud based feature phone -- you get the phone and you automatically get an account on some cloud server which can provide unified inbox \ push mail, social networking integration, contact storage, callendar, all that great stuff...problem is KIN just did not have good service support (didn't support all the major IM networks) and the UI and overall features were so lackluster...and the fact that it only updated the phone every 15 mins...that right there is complete fail. And the UI was shit too, and clunky...but that's MS for you, they don't know how to build a good mobile UI.]]>Jul 1st 2010 7:44PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/01/t-mobile-kills-off-current-sidekicks-kin-says-welcome-to-the-c/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/01/t-mobile-kills-off-current-sidekicks-kin-says-welcome-to-the-c/
why is the T-mobile logo upside down?]]>Jul 1st 2010 8:34PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/01/t-mobile-kills-off-current-sidekicks-kin-says-welcome-to-the-c/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/01/t-mobile-kills-off-current-sidekicks-kin-says-welcome-to-the-c/i think its pretty sweet too i almost got one back in 08 and i would have if not for the iphone 3g
also the nokia n9 looks pretty similar if you dont mind symbian which i have never tried myself but ive heard good things and dont knock me about the iphone comment im a proud android convert with an unlocked nexus one and ive never looked back especially after all the antenna issues on the iphone 4]]>Jul 1st 2010 11:29PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/01/t-mobile-kills-off-current-sidekicks-kin-says-welcome-to-the-c/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/01/t-mobile-kills-off-current-sidekicks-kin-says-welcome-to-the-c/Jul 1st 2010 3:52PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/01/t-mobile-kills-off-current-sidekicks-kin-says-welcome-to-the-c/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/01/t-mobile-kills-off-current-sidekicks-kin-says-welcome-to-the-c/*sniff* *sniff*
say buddy, is that Gingerbread being baked in the oven there?]]>Jul 1st 2010 4:08PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/01/t-mobile-kills-off-current-sidekicks-kin-says-welcome-to-the-c/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/01/t-mobile-kills-off-current-sidekicks-kin-says-welcome-to-the-c/
I'd be happy with Froyo lol.]]>Jul 1st 2010 4:09PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/01/t-mobile-kills-off-current-sidekicks-kin-says-welcome-to-the-c/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/01/t-mobile-kills-off-current-sidekicks-kin-says-welcome-to-the-c/
I'd be happy with Froyo lol.]]>Jul 1st 2010 4:09PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/01/t-mobile-kills-off-current-sidekicks-kin-says-welcome-to-the-c/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/01/t-mobile-kills-off-current-sidekicks-kin-says-welcome-to-the-c/
Possibly something to do with that project emerald thing with gingerbread and 4 inch screen. Htc twist or something for tmo.]]>Jul 1st 2010 4:37PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/01/t-mobile-kills-off-current-sidekicks-kin-says-welcome-to-the-c/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/01/t-mobile-kills-off-current-sidekicks-kin-says-welcome-to-the-c/Jul 1st 2010 4:42PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/01/t-mobile-kills-off-current-sidekicks-kin-says-welcome-to-the-c/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/01/t-mobile-kills-off-current-sidekicks-kin-says-welcome-to-the-c/Jul 1st 2010 5:45PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/01/t-mobile-kills-off-current-sidekicks-kin-says-welcome-to-the-c/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/01/t-mobile-kills-off-current-sidekicks-kin-says-welcome-to-the-c/
HELL YEAH! if the last version of the sidekick had a slightly bigger screen and android with a more realistic and useful browser, it would've been awesome! i mean it even had things like multitasking, corporate email, (shitty) video and a few other features the original and 3g iphone didn't have.

but what we can all take from sidekick (even manufacturers), is the swivel joint. they spent years perfecting a single moving part that not only adds function, it is still really cool to use. if jobs says phones shouldn't have a stylus, then they should goddamn well have a hidden qwerty + modifier keys under a sidekick swivel jointed screen.

someone go make an android device and a iphone make babies with a sidekick. please?]]>Jul 1st 2010 7:45PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/01/t-mobile-kills-off-current-sidekicks-kin-says-welcome-to-the-c/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/01/t-mobile-kills-off-current-sidekicks-kin-says-welcome-to-the-c/
Agree with what you said. I also firmly believe that the original Sidekick still has the best keyboard of any mobile device.
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Sidekick replies "at least I had a life"...]]>Jul 1st 2010 3:54PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/01/t-mobile-kills-off-current-sidekicks-kin-says-welcome-to-the-c/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/01/t-mobile-kills-off-current-sidekicks-kin-says-welcome-to-the-c/Jul 1st 2010 4:06PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/01/t-mobile-kills-off-current-sidekicks-kin-says-welcome-to-the-c/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/01/t-mobile-kills-off-current-sidekicks-kin-says-welcome-to-the-c/Jul 1st 2010 4:11PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/01/t-mobile-kills-off-current-sidekicks-kin-says-welcome-to-the-c/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/01/t-mobile-kills-off-current-sidekicks-kin-says-welcome-to-the-c/
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Shake and shake
The catsup bottle,
None will come,
And then a lot’ll.]]>Jul 1st 2010 7:26PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/01/t-mobile-kills-off-current-sidekicks-kin-says-welcome-to-the-c/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/01/t-mobile-kills-off-current-sidekicks-kin-says-welcome-to-the-c/Jul 1st 2010 10:31PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/01/t-mobile-kills-off-current-sidekicks-kin-says-welcome-to-the-c/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/01/t-mobile-kills-off-current-sidekicks-kin-says-welcome-to-the-c/
I always viewed them as a teenybopper carrier for girls who txt message 23 hours a day because of the sidekick.

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Sorta. Danger created the Sidekick. It was bought by MS (for $500 million). Once at MS, most of the Danger team was reassigned to work on the Kin..many of them were then fired or left because of MS management team screwups. The Kin was the disaster that resulted. It just died. Now what's little of Danger is being moved to the WP7 team. ]]>Jul 1st 2010 4:02PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/01/t-mobile-kills-off-current-sidekicks-kin-says-welcome-to-the-c/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/01/t-mobile-kills-off-current-sidekicks-kin-says-welcome-to-the-c/one of the guys that left after the Danger buyout, Andy Rubin founded Android and now leads the dev team now on Google. Gooood job Microsoft !]]>Jul 1st 2010 4:21PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/01/t-mobile-kills-off-current-sidekicks-kin-says-welcome-to-the-c/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/01/t-mobile-kills-off-current-sidekicks-kin-says-welcome-to-the-c/guess MS bout Danger just for the rad hw design team =)]]>Jul 1st 2010 4:25PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/01/t-mobile-kills-off-current-sidekicks-kin-says-welcome-to-the-c/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/01/t-mobile-kills-off-current-sidekicks-kin-says-welcome-to-the-c/Jul 1st 2010 3:55PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/01/t-mobile-kills-off-current-sidekicks-kin-says-welcome-to-the-c/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/01/t-mobile-kills-off-current-sidekicks-kin-says-welcome-to-the-c/Jul 1st 2010 3:55PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/01/t-mobile-kills-off-current-sidekicks-kin-says-welcome-to-the-c/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/01/t-mobile-kills-off-current-sidekicks-kin-says-welcome-to-the-c/better than the BlackBerry?]]>Jul 1st 2010 4:06PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/01/t-mobile-kills-off-current-sidekicks-kin-says-welcome-to-the-c/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/01/t-mobile-kills-off-current-sidekicks-kin-says-welcome-to-the-c/Jul 1st 2010 4:12PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/01/t-mobile-kills-off-current-sidekicks-kin-says-welcome-to-the-c/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/01/t-mobile-kills-off-current-sidekicks-kin-says-welcome-to-the-c/Jul 1st 2010 4:16PM