T-Mobile has stopped selling new Sidekicks for a long time now, but they are officially pulling the plug on the old system. A lot of artists wrote rhymes on the Sidekick and it ruled the Hip-Hop world for a long time. Some artists still use them because of the ease of writing on them. Here is the official statement:
Statement: Danger Service for T-Mobile Sidekick
Bellevue, Wash. — Feb. 28, 2011 PST
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.
With the Sidekick 4G coming out (Sidekicks will now be Android OS powered) T-Mobile is basically shutting down Danger (which is owned by Microsoft). Here is a picture of the Sidekick 4G:
The only thing that has been confirmed as of now is that it will have FaceTime and will be 4G running on the Android OS (also known as the G1's). Samsung will be making the phone. We will be letting you know when there are more specs...
