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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 »

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 »

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 »

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 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 »

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 »

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 »

New photos of the Microsoft Pink phone were leaked and appeared online yesterday on the Gizmodo blog.  The design appears similar to the Sidekick with a sliding faceplate covering a full QWERTY keypad.  The Pink is expected to have Windows Mobile 7 installed, the new OS that has been yet… Continue Reading »

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 »

At this point it seems to come without question that we will be seeing a new Sidekick in the coming months, what seems to be more of the mystery at this point is what it will be called.  So far the circulating rumors have referred to it as the Sidekick… Continue Reading »