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Feb 12 2007 - 02:40 AM ET | Danger, T-Mobile
T-Mobile has introduced the Sidekick 3 D-Wade Edition, a souped up version of the venerable Sidekick 3 designed by NBA phenom Dwyane Wade. Wade has been a Sidekick user for a couple of years and says he is excited to...
Jan 24 2007 - 08:06 PM ET | Danger, Rumor
The FCC has approved what looks to be a lower-end T-Mobile Sidekick (Sidekick Lite?). The Sidekick is technically produced by Danger and is called the HipTop, T-Mobile owns the Sidekick brand. The FCC filing doesn't reveal if this is a...
Oct 13 2006 - 12:01 AM ET | Danger, T-Mobile
The Sidekick 3 was officially announced about 4 months ago, but T-Mobile has refreshed the popular device by bringing out two special editions. Features remain the same as the original Sidekick 3. There is one model designed by both Lifted...
Jun 30 2006 - 10:03 AM ET | Backpage, Danger
MobiTV has announced a version of its software for Windows Mobile 5.0 devices. MobiTV allows subscribers to view live television on mobile handsets via the phone's regular data connection (not over a specific mobile TV standard such as DVB-H). Channels...
Jun 20 2006 - 12:47 AM ET | Danger, T-Mobile
After much speculation, T-Mobile and Danger have officially announced the T-Mobile Sidekick 3. While it wasn't officially announced until today, most of the specs were leaked through FCC filings. Features of the Sidekick 3 include: IM (AIM/Yahoo/MSN) MP3 player with...
UPDATE: The Sidekick 3 has been officially announced. More information about the T-Mobile Sidekick 3 (AKA Danger HipTop) has been posted by the FCC. It was approved by the FCC back in April. The hotly anticipated handset is expected to...
UPDATE: The Sidekick 3 has been officially announced. The T-Mobile Sidekick III has been approved by the FCC, somewhat confirming speculation that the hotly anticipated device will launch this Summer. While exclusively marketed in the US as the Sidekick, the...
More images have leaked online purporting to be the T-Mobile Sidekick III (or Sidekcik 3, if they will drop the roman numerals). Ever since the Sidekick II began shipping in September 2004 there have been rumors of the third rev....
3GSM 2006 -- Cingular Wireless announced a global 3G data plan aimed at business travelers. Starting next month Cingular will offer a GlobalConnect data plan that features unlimited domestic use and up to 100MB/month of usage on partners' networks...
Oct 18 2005 - 10:47 AM ET | Danger, Rumor
UPDATE: The Sidekick 3 has been officially announced. More photos of the Sidekick III have been leaked. Images of the next generation Sidekick have anonymously leaked on the internet. For a brief time the photos were posted onto HipTop.com, but...
Oct 16 2005 - 06:51 PM ET | Danger, T-Mobile
T-Mobile officially announced two new special edition Sidekick devices last week. We had already mentioned the black version, dubbed Mr. Cartoon edition, but there's also a pink colored one called Juicy Couture. Feature wise both units are the same as...
Sep 15 2005 - 03:55 PM ET | Danger
Several MobileTracker readers that use the HipTop (AKA T-Mobile Sidekick) emailed to let us know that the OS has been updated to version 2.3. The update includes JavaScript support, a feature of upcoming special edition black Sidekick II that we...
Sep 14 2005 - 02:10 PM ET | Danger, T-Mobile
UPDATE: More info on the black Sidekick has come out officially from T-Mobile. Read about it here, including a high-res photo. Cargo magazine's latest issue reveals that T-Mobile USA is going to launch a special edition Sidekick II dubbed the...
Mar 12 2005 - 02:37 PM ET | Danger
T-Mobile USA and Danger have officially announced the end of a server problem that left Sidekick users without data access for several days. Customers that called during the outage were given a $5 credit, but since the outage outlasted original...
Mar 08 2005 - 12:12 AM ET | Danger, T-Mobile
Despite all of the publicity Paris Hilton's Sidekick contents got over the past few weeks, insiders say that sales increased (any press is good press). Now the Sidekick is back in the news, but this time for a service outage....
After Paris Hilton's Sidekick contents (address book, pictures and notes) were posted on the internet the other day, the million dollar question was: "How did this happen?" Many pundits hinted that Paris actually made the leak herself to gain more...
Update: Here's how Paris Hilton's Sidekick was hacked Nearly all the data from Paris Hilton's T-Mobile Sidekick was posted online. A hacker group that calls itself DFNCTSC has taken the credit and the FBI is investigating. Rumors are going around...
Feb 14 2005 - 03:36 AM ET | Danger
Danger Inc. today announced the Hiptop will get an update to enable Java. Danger has met compatibility requirements with the Connected Limited Device Configuration (CLDC) 1.1 and Mobile Information Device Profile (MIDP) 2.0 specifications within J2ME. This should open up...
Intellisync announced today that it has teamed up with T-Mobile USA to provide "over-the-air" synchronization of Microsoft Outlook to Sidekick (both the original and Sidekick II) owners. Users can sync calendars, contacts and tasks. The software is available from the...
The Sidekick II sells from T-Mobile for as low as $249.99 ($299.99 minus a $50 web-only rebate), but Amazon.com is selling it for $229 without contract. While marked as "coming soon", the price to purchase the phone only is a...
Sep 20 2004 - 01:03 PM ET | Danger, T-Mobile
After a long wait and lots of rumors, the Sidekick II (some are still calling it the Sidekick 2) is now available from T-Mobile.com. You'll pay $249.99 after a $50 instant web only rebate. Fetaures of the new Sidekick include:...
Sep 15 2004 - 01:19 PM ET | Danger, T-Mobile
Danger today announced that its Hiptop2 (AKA Sidekick II) device will have improved features for deaf and hard of hearing users. This is in reaction to the influx of hearing impaired users that have taken to the Hiptop for its...
Sep 14 2004 - 01:23 AM ET | Danger, T-Mobile
It looks like we were right about the T-Mobile Sidekick II launching within the next week--T-Mobile is now taking orders from current Sidekick customers. If you are the owner of a Sidekick, you should have gotten an email giving you...
Sep 09 2004 - 04:39 PM ET | Danger, Rumor
Edward C. Baig of USA Today penned a review of the T-Mobile Sidekick II in today's paper. In the review he says (emphasis added by MobileTracker): bq. Let me briefly weigh in on one other clever messaging phone T-Mobile is...
Sep 07 2004 - 03:22 AM ET | Danger
Our friends at Engadget have an interview with Hank Nothhaft, CEO of Danger (makers of the T-Mobile Sidekick). In the interview, Mr. Nothhaft discusses the details of the Sidekick II which is expected to be shipping this month. Danger has...
Aug 04 2004 - 03:45 AM ET | Danger, T-Mobile
T-Mobile has officially announced the Sidekick II (Yes, they use roman numerals and the full technical name is the Sidekick II PV-100). The details confirm what we said in our rumor wrap up earlier this week: it's at the X...
Danger and T-Mobile's Sidekick 2 is featured the August 2nd edition of NewsWeek. The price quoted is $229 which is $20 cheaper than the suggest retail price of the still selling Sidekick. The NewsWeek feature is the first actual published...
Jul 23 2004 - 03:30 AM ET | Danger, Sharp
Danger has inked a deal with Sharp to, "produce a yet-to-be unveiled Danger device in time for the Christmas shopping season." Since the only device that Danger sells is the HipTop (marketed in the US as the T-Mobile Sidekick), it...
Jun 22 2004 - 03:32 PM ET | Danger
The FCC has posted pictures and manuals for a new version of Danger's HipTop (marketed as the T-Mobile Sidekick in the US). The final version shipping from T-Mobile will be called the Sidekick II. A file listing of available attachments...
Dec 16 2003 - 11:21 PM ET | Bargain, Danger
Amazon.com is selling the T-Mobile Color Sidekick for -$30 after rebates (service contract required). The popular mobile device that is made by Danger, but marketed by T-Mobile, runs $219.99 before the rebates. There is free shipping....
Nov 18 2003 - 09:57 PM ET | Danger
HipTop maker Danger has signed up a new wireless carrier. Edge Wireless will promote a device based off the HipTop model, making the company one of only a few carriers to do so. T-Mobile is Danger's major licensee. However, this...
Nov 06 2003 - 03:54 PM ET | Danger
Danger has released an OTA (Over the Air) update for its HipTop devices that adds free ringtones and a few new apps. Since the introduction of the developer program in March of this year, Danger has still not allowed developers...
Sep 08 2003 - 03:38 PM ET | Danger
Phonescoop noted that Danger has added Java to its ranks. One of the big knocks on its popular HipTop (AKA T-Mobile Sidekick) is the lack of 3rd-party apps. This may help. But then again, Danger released a SDK for the...
Steven Frank has posted a comparison between the Sony Ericsson P800 and the T-Mobile Sidekick (AKA Danger HipTop). Steven has used the Sidekick as his primary phone for quite a while and recently picked up a P800 instead of upgrading...
AOL has dumped Research In Motion's Mobile Communicator device in favor of the T-Mobile Sidekick (technically it's made by Danger and is called the HipTop, but T-Mobile is the only company to market it so far). To sweeten the deal,...
May 14 2003 - 04:06 PM ET | Danger, Review
In today's USA Today there is a review of the color HipTop (known as the T-Mobile Sidekick). They love the color screen but don't like the phone features. However, since T-Mobile is offering unlimited data plans, most users will probably...
May 05 2003 - 08:28 PM ET | Danger, Review
So much for Danger's PR department... C|Net has posted a review of the color screen HipTop (more commonly known as the T-Mobile Sidekick). Looks almost exactly like the older version but with a bright LCD. Under the hood it's been...
Mar 18 2003 - 08:39 PM ET | Danger, T-Mobile
Danger states that their SDK is up at developer.danger.com--it's not. Hopefully it will be up soon. The Danger SDK will allow third party developers to develop applications for the popular Hiptop device. If you haven't heard of the Hiptop that's...
