forums.t-mobile.com - 10/12/2009
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Sidekick customers, during this service disruption, please DO NOT remove your battery, reset your Sidekick, or allow it to lose power. Updated: 10/10/2009 12:35 PM PDT T-MOBILE AND MICROSOFT/DANGER STATUS UPDATE ON SIDEKICK DATA DISRUPTION Dear valued T-Mobile Sidekick customers: T-Mobile and ...
engadget.com - 10/11/2009
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engadget.com —
Well, this is shaping up to be one
of the biggest disasters in the history of cloud...
computing, and certainly the largest blow to Danger and the Sidekick platform: T-Mobile's now reporting that personal data stored on Sidekicks has "almost ...
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T-Mobile: we probably lost all your Sidekick data
microsoft.com - 10/15/2009
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microsoft.com —
Dear T-Mobile Sidekick customers, On behalf of Microsoft,
I want to apologize for the recent problems with...
the Sidekick service and give you an update on the steps we have taken to resolve these problems. We are pleased to report that we have ...
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Microsoft Confirms Data Recovery for Sidekick Users: ...
maximumpc.com - 10/15/2009
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maximumpc.com —
Like we didn’t know this was going to
happen. Last week Microsoft’s Danger unit experienced an outage,...
the result of which cost a lot of T-Mobile Sidekick users their email, contacts, calendars and other data. At first it was feared that the information was gone for good--a victim to the ...
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Legal Fallout Begins in Microsoft Sidekick Screwup
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Microsoft/Danger: It's a Sidekick disaster, data gone?
TechSpot —
After numerous service interruptions during the past week, on Sunday afternoon T-Mobile informed owners of the Sidekick smartphone that user data, which is stored in Microsoft/Danger's servers could have been lost for good. By design, the T-Mobile Sidekick doesn't store much of its user data on the device itself, but uses the cloud for storing address book information, photos, calendar and application downloads. And while service outages are still commonplace in today's cloud-based services, this could be one of the most high-profile ...
T-Mobile and Microsoft/Danger data loss is bad for the cloud
Ars Technica —
... If you're a Sidekick user who has been waiting out the past week's data outage in hopes of a happy ending, you're not going to like the joint press release that Microsoft and T-Mobile put out on the matter this past Saturday. The release contains a line that no service provider ever wants to see in print with their name attached to it: "Regrettably, based on Microsoft/Danger's latest recovery assessment of their systems, we must now inform you that personal information stored on your device—such as contacts, calendar entries, to-do lists or photos—that is no longer ...
"Most, if not all" Sidekick data recovered
Hardware 2.0 —
... . There is, however, good news on the horizon for Sidekick users. [image] Roz Ho, corporate vice president for Microsoft’s Premium Mobile Experiences division apologizes for the recent upheaval experienced by Sidekick users and also offers the good news that “ ...
Update: T-Mobile halts all sales of Sidekick, most data recovered
TechSpot —
... possible, starting with personal contacts, after we have validated the data and our restoration plan. We will then continue to work around the clock to restore data to all affected users, including calendar, notes, tasks, photographs and high scores, as quickly as possible." Update: T-Mobile recently informed that prospects for recovering 'some' of the lost data is there, hoping that a majority of their customers will be able to recover their personal content. In addition they are offering a free month of data service (only the $20 data plan) and a $100 T-Mobile gift card to ...
Microsoft Recovering Sidekick Data, Lawsuits Ensue
Digital Trends —
... . But now there seems to be a light at the end of the tunnel: Microsoft’s Roz Ho—formerly head of Microsoft’s Macintosh Business Unit and now corporate VP for Microsoft’s Premium Mobile Services division—says that Microsoft has recovered “most, if not all, customer data”. Microsoft says it is working with T-Mobile to restore user data as fast as it can, starting with personal contacts. After that, the restoration process will move on to calendars, notes, to-do items, photographs, and those all-important gaming high scores. ...
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techspot.com 10/22/2009 — Microsoft is still working to set things right with customers affected by the recent T-Mobile Sidekick data-loss disaster, releasing a downloadable recovery tool on Tuesday. Affected users can use the utility to view all of the contacts on your device as of October 1, and that data can be ...
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news.cnet.com 26 days ago —
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T-Mobile G1
reviews.digitaltrends.com 10/20/2008 —
Apple’s iPhone finally has a worthy rival. The T-Mobile G1, due to go on sale Oct. 22, is the first phone to run on Google's fun, flexible and functional open source Android mobile operating system. Although the G1 is not as sleek or as ...
T-Mobile myTouch 3G Android Phone announced
i4u.com 6/22/2009 — T-Mobile USA today announced the upcoming availability of the T-Mobile myTouch 3G, the follow-up to the T-Mobile G1, the world's first Android powered phonen.
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Sidekick Data Flub could be Bad News for Microsoft
maximumpc.com 10/12/2009 — T-Mobile Sidekick owners last week were reminded about the risks of relying too heavily on cloud computing when a massive failure at Microsoft's Danger subsidiary left the handheld owners without access to the Web or their address book for several days.
If that weren't bad enough, after some ...
T-Mobile, 3, Sneaking Their Way Into Selling U.K. iPhones: Report
technologyexpert.blogspot.com 10/13/2009 — While Orange and Vodafone have managed to wrest the iPhone's exclusivity away from O2 in the U.K., T-Mobile and 3 are still out in the cold. A report from the Telegraph indicates the pair are looking for a way to offer iPhones to their customers, despite this. According to the report, both 3 ...
T-Mobile UK and Orange UK Merger Is Official
i4u.com 9/8/2009 — We reported about the T-Mobile UK and Orange UK Merger already yesterday when word got out. Today Deutsche Telekom and France Telecom officially announced their plan to o combine T-Mobile UK and Orange UK in a new 50:50 joint venture company.
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T-Mobile myTouch 3G
reviews.digitaltrends.com 7/11/2009 —
Warning: This review is not as in-depth as we would like, so we will be updating it when we can. We got a chance to fiddle with the second-ever U.S. Android phone, the T-Mobile myTouch 3G made by HTC, for around 45 minutes at an introductory ...
T-Mobile's G1 Arrives: Now What?
technologyexpert.blogspot.com 10/22/2008 — On Wednesday, T-Mobile's G1 Android-based phone made its retail appearance (it was previously only available via pre-order to existing T-Mobile customers). T-Mobile opened all of its retail storefronts at 8 AM, anticipating increased demand. ...
Microsoft Update on Sidekick Data Restoration: October 20, 2009
microsoft.com 10/20/2009 — The Danger / Microsoft team continues to work around the clock and has completed its latest round of rigorous tests. We are now ready to make the first phase of the content restoration process available to you, starting with personal contacts. This ...
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