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more about #sidekick more comments → mauramcallister: During the snafu a month ago, I cancelled my T-Mobile plan and switched to an iPhone. I'd originally gotten a Sidekick a couple years ago, but felt no... more » Dacker: Oh -- a phone. And here I thought that Phillippe Kahn and Borland Sidekick were back! ;-) #sidekick more » Monty: To be fair, didn't they recover the data after a couple of weeks? So, it was more like a temporary amnesia. That is perfectly fine for me because I ... more » Brazell: I never got into the sidekick thing, but I hear they're popular with youths. What's the deal, are they just texting devices? Phones? Someone fill m... more » chauncy that billups: Sidekicks are so 2002. #sidekick more » UnderLoK: I wonder how many people lost their jobs over this? It's an oddity how many IT folks preach about backups, disaster recovery, and the like yet walk b... more » Duckspwn: This makes me angry. No, I'm not mad at the companies involved. I'm mad at the massive toddler bitchfit that resulted from this outage. Give me a brea... more » Kaiser-Machead: That's provided all of those SK owners out there haven't already gnawed their phones in half. #sidekickdatarecovered more » fuchikoma: And the backup tapes? So... assuming that was technically possible, part of the timebomb then looked and functioned like the backup software, but eras... more » SigmundTheSeaMonster: Aha! I see the same folks that wrote the Guest Login Erase bug for Snow Leopard, work at a Microsoft Data Center! more » axiomatic: I Can't Stand It, I Know You Planned It Ima Set It Straight, This Watergate I Can't Stand Rockin' When I'm In Here 'Cause Your Crystal Ball Ain't So C... more » UnderLoK: As others have touched on; more likely the backups were garbage and they had a failure which they couldn’t recover from. This kind of thing happens... more » DrunkenOstrich: I call BS. A service with this many users and this much historical data would likely be spread across MANY backup tapes. So the timebomb not only wi... more » zaghy2zy: ahuh? erased backup tapes? and how exactly could that happen? as far as i know, backup tapes are to be kept off site once backup is complete. Or at l... more » dimes: Hahahahha, don't ascribe to Evil what you can easily be explained by stupidity and negligence....or however the saying goes. It doesn't have to be so... more » -
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Hurray, Sidekick Owners, You Can Get Your Contacts Back Now
In today's edition of the "steady progress" being made in recovering the data lost in the Great Sidekick Out(r)age of 2009, contacts—and just contacts—are back, after you run a retrieval tool. The rest's coming! Eventually? [Yahoo] -
#tmobile
"Most, if Not All" Sidekick Data Recovered
Good news: It looks like Sidekick data fiasco is finally coming to an end. Over on T-Mobile's Sidekick forums, an official Microsoft statement confirms "most, if not all, customer data" will return "as soon as possible", starting with personal contacts.
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#blockquote
The Cause of the Great Sidekick Fiasco? “All Signs Point to Sabotage”
This past week's Sidekick data disaster was so extraordinary, you would think that either T-mobile or Microsoft would issue an explanation. There's one insider who might have the reason why one hasn't come yet: it was an inside job. More » -
#tmobile
Sidekick Data Fiasco: Some Users' Contacts Returned
I wouldn't get too excited yet, but this could be promising news. A few users over at the T-Mobile forums have reported that their lost address book contacts have come back. Here's what they had to say: More » -
#tmobile
The Great Sidekick Data Outage of 2009: T-Mobile Offers $100 in Apology Money
T-Mobile sent out an update regarding the first great tragedy of the 21st century (involving Sidekicks): They're still holding out hope for data recovery, but if they can't, they'll show how sorry they are with a $100 credit. More » -
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Microsoft's Project Pink Probably Killed Off the Sidekick and Itself
The crazy Sidekick data mess might be the least troubling thing to happen to fans of the platform. The latest rumors, which build off of previous Pink rumors, say that the platform is pretty much dead. Dead, dead, dead, dead.
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#rumor
T-Mobile Lets Furious Sidekick Users Ditch Their Contracts for Free
T-Mobile's initial apologia to Sidekick users grieving their lost data was a joke. A month of free data service? To access what? Now they've manned up, giving affected customers something they might actually want: A way out of their contracts. More » -
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T-Mobile Sidekick Out(r)age: Your Data's Probably Gone Forever
T-Mobile Sidekick users have been holding out hope that their data might be recovered after T-Mo issued an optimistic message of hope. But the carrier just updated users and admitted the truth: Your shit's gone. Sorry, guys.
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#rumor
How Screwed Up Is Microsoft Pink? Hint: It's Named After Pink the Singer
Another alleged insider has starting spilling—flinging?—beans about Microsoft's Pink project, enthusiastically piling the hate atop earlier claims that the project was under dire threat of cancellation, for sucking. This time, the rumors come via AppleInsider, and they get personal: More » -
#pink
Danger For Microsoft's Project Pink?
A anonymous source told MobileCrunch that Microsoft's Pink phone project might be in trouble. More » -
#sidekick
The Great T-Mobile Sidekick Data Outage of 2009 Could End Monday, Maybe
Apparently, every T-Mobile Sidekick user from sea to shining sea has been without data access on their mobiles this weekend. Unfortunately, word on the wire is access should have returned yesterday (but it didn't). More » -
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Turtle and Pure Pink Phones May Be Just Next-Gen Sidekicks
Cnet's Ina Fried says the Microsoft Pink phones leaked yesterday are "more the evolution of the Sidekick" using Windows Mobile as the core OS, and in addition to Microsoft's main phone push. What's interesting is the reason Microsoft bought Danger. More » -
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T-Mobile Sidekick Gets Facebook and Twitter Apps
The Sidekick Download Catalog has a couple of new additions today for owners of the Sidekick 2008, Sidekick LX (including Tony Hawk Edition) and Sidekick Slide. Interestingly, the Facebook app is free while the Twitter app is $2 per month. More » -
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Sidekick Sync Pushes Email for $5/Month
We're not huge fans of additional subscription costs, but if you have a Sidekick LX '09, then you can now pay for real time push email. More » -
#lightningreview
Sidekick LX 2009 Review
The Gadget: The Sidekick LX, a slightly larger and feature-heavy Sidekick with 3.2-megapixel camera, a larger battery, 3G, GPS, larger screen, and the same rotating screen with chiclet keyboard underneath. More »
