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T-Mobile brings the Sidekick back, complete with lower pricing

by Robert Nelson on Nov 17, 2009 at 08:16 AM

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… Continue Reading »

Get caught up in technology with InterrupTech: October 19, 2009

by Iyaz Akhtar on Oct 19, 2009 at 07:00 AM

Welcome back to InterrupTech.  Catch up on the week’s most important tech stories in a hurry.  We cover Amazon’s new delivery service, a brand new PS3, an offline version of Wikipedia, the great Sidekick meltdown, and Snow Leopard eats your data. Continue Reading »

Microsoft recovered “most” Sidekick users’ data

by Shawn Ingram on Oct 15, 2009 at 06:12 PM

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… Continue Reading »

“Certain” Sidekick customers will be getting a $100 for their data loss troubles

by Robert Nelson on Oct 13, 2009 at 06:08 AM

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… Continue Reading »

T-Mobile yanks Sidekicks from stores and site following technical woes

by Sue Walsh on Oct 12, 2009 at 04:13 PM

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… Continue Reading »

Sidekick owners get the bad news, your data has been lost

by Robert Nelson on Oct 11, 2009 at 10:00 AM

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… Continue Reading »

Major outage affecting Sidekick users

by Sue Walsh on Oct 7, 2009 at 04:01 PM

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… Continue Reading »

T-Mobile officially announces the 3G-equipped Sidekick LX

by Robert Nelson on Apr 17, 2009 at 06:04 AM

In an announcement that comes with very little surprise, T-Mobile has officially unveiled the latest Sidekick—the LX.  Of course, we have already seen a Sidekick LX, but to differentiate, this is the Sidekick LX 2009 and it is also noted for being the first Sidekick to have 3G support.  Overall… Continue Reading »

Sidekick 2009; more leaked, but still rumored details emerge

by Robert Nelson on Mar 2, 2009 at 01:10 PM

The latest details surrounding the upcoming launch of the Sidekick 2009 are still falling in the rumor category, however they do seem to hold a little bit of truth.  As for the launch, so far we have seen some good stuff coming through, but there still are a few key… Continue Reading »

Sidekick Blade gets pictured in the wild

by Robert Nelson on Feb 18, 2009 at 10:12 AM

Despite the fact that the upcoming Sidekick is often being referred to as both the Sidekick 2009 and also by the codename of Blade, that does not seem to have stopped someone from leaking a nice, and surprisingly not very blurry image.  Although, not a big difference in style, the… Continue Reading »

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