![]() The only other smart devices back then were: ![]() It was 2003 when I got my Color Sidekick (the Black and White one debuted a year earlier). In fact, I'd venture to say that the Sidekick was the first real smartphone ever made. My first smartphone was a Tmobile Sidekick. Google, in turn, made Rubin the Director of Mobile Platforms. Rubin later formed Android, which was then bought by Google. They created an entirely new platform and with the help of Tmobile, revolutionized the way phones worked. The Sidekick came out of the efforts of a few ex-Apple Engineers, Andy Rubin, Joe Britt, and Matt Hershenson, who started Danger in 2000. Perhaps this switchover was part of the reason for the outage?īut really, the Sidekick was already dead, Microsoft was just the latest to put a nail in its coffin. Microsoft may or may not launch the Pink line of smartphones which are based on the same Sharp hardware and will supposedly replace the Sidekick in the near future. This incident effectively marks the end of the line for one of the most important devices in gadget history. All models are now showing " temporarily out of stock" on the company's website.Īdditionally, a warning has been added to the post on T-Mobile's forum which reads: "Sidekick customers, during this service disruption, please DO NOT remove your battery, reset your Sidekick, or allow it to lose power." T-Mobile has halted the sale of new Sidekicks. ![]() ![]() I really hope a lot of Sidekick users used the Intellisync software that pushes data to the desktop and would have backed their data up. But customers will be happy to know that Tmobile is offering a free month of data (not a free month of service, just the $20 unlimited data plan) for all of their information. ![]()
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