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If you’re a Danger SideKick user on T-Mobile life just got a little stranger for you, becuase as of May 31, 2011 you won’t be using your Sidekick on their USA network any longer. In many ways the Sidekick was the first cloud device that came along. But it’s had its troubles. Apps promised in its early days were slow to arrive, and then there was the famous Paris Hilton matter, plus the Microsoft era data loss. Forward thinking in its era, the device in some ways did more for texting in the USA than any other “smartphone” did, as it ushered in an era to the teen crowd that you can do more with a phone than simply talk.
Here’s the official statement:
After May 31, 2011, the Danger Service (a subsidiary of Microsoft) used by T-Mobile Sidekick customers for data services will no longer be available on Sidekick devices.
T-Mobile will provide offers for our Sidekick customers before May 31, 2011, to help make an easy transition from their existing Sidekick device to a new device. We will have more information to share about these offers with our customers in the weeks ahead.
To ensure the best possible transition for our loyal Sidekick customers, an enhanced Web tool is available on myT-Mobile.com to easily export their personal data, including contacts, photos, calendar, notes, to-do lists, and bookmarks, from the Danger service to a new device, computer, or a designated e-mail account. An application is also available in the Sidekick Catalog to make it easy to export personal data to the Sidekick’s memory card. Many T-Mobile stores can transfer data from that card to a new T-Mobile device if the customer brings in the memory card and Sidekick.
