Sidekick News

Google has reassembled the team responsible for the Danger Sidekick to work on Android hardware, signaling a new direction for the company's investment in the platform.

T-Mobile, together with RadioShack, is launching the Sidekick 4G on April 20, bringing back a brand that kicked off the smartphone trend in the hopes that it can rejoin what has become a fast-paced market.

T-Mobile today introduced the new Sidekick 4G, a higher-speed device revamped with Android software, to be sold "later this spring."

Apple's iPad 2 launch stole the headlines this week, escalating the heated battle between AT&T and Verizon for new customers. Meanwhile, Microsoft and Google are all handling missteps that could prove costly for their futures.

T-Mobile hopes to usher owners of its soon-to-be-useless Sidekick phone over to another device by offering new phones at half price when a customer trades in their Sidekick.

T-Mobile today announced that it is shutting down its Sidekick online contacts and data storage service on May 31, in a move to revamp the seminal device with Android software later this year.

AT&T plans to sell the Sharp FX, the latest device from the Sidekick brand of messaging phones, after rival T-Mobile pulled the plug on the line earlier this month.

T-Mobile today said it is stopping sales of Microsoft's Sidekick brand of messaging phones, amid increasingly crippling assaults from more sophisticated devices from Apple and Google.

T-Mobile today resumed Sidekick sales, a month after a server meltdown at Microsoft caused personal information to disappear from many of the phones.

Microsoft said it has been able to recover most of the data feared lost by T-Mobile Sidekick users, following a server computer failure.

T-Mobile said Sidekick owners who permanently lost their data as a result of Microsoft's server glitch will receive a $100 gift card in addition a free month of data service it will give all Sidekick data plan subscribers.

Microsoft said that a failure with its servers has caused T-Mobile Sidekick users to lose contacts, photos and other personal data.

T-Mobile today said its Sidekick LX 2009 will get Microsoft Exchange support -- with access to push email, attachment viewing, read and respond functionality and configurable sync schedules.

T-Mobile today announced its new Sidekick, which comes with both 3G and GPS support, is available for pre-order.

The Federal Communications Commission approved a new smartphone from Sharp, maker of the Sidekick handsets, that features high-speed 3G Internet -- rumored to launch for T-Mobile.