By Brandon Russell |
Jon R. is back with an all new show where he rants and raves on various topics in and out of the tech world. On this week’s episode, Jon is wrapping up his list of the top 10 phones of all time. The five phones…
By Brandon Russell |
Despite seeing a revival early last year, it looks like T-Mobile’s venerable Sidekick line is finally getting dropped for good. TmoNews has acquired an internal document that lists the Android-equipped Sidekick 4G on the discontinued list as of March 6. For the many former Sidekick…
By Joey Davidson |
This week we’re talking my favorite five sidekicks. These are the guys that stick with the main character throughout his or her quest in order to help, hinder or provide comic relief. Before we get to it, no, I’m not counting folks like Luigi as…
By Adriana Lee |
Looking at the recent spate of news, it sure does seem like a good time to be a T-Mobile customer. Today, a troika of Android goodies is hitting Magenta, namely the Froyo-packing G2x and Sidekick 4G smartphones, plus the G-Slate, the second Honeycomb-sporting tablet to hit the market.…
By Jon Rettinger |
Like most geeks in their early 30′s and late 20′s, I’ve seen the rise and fall of the Sidekick as a brand and a platform. I remember the original black and white progeny of Danger (Software & OS) and Sharp (Hardware), and staring in wonder…
By Adriana Lee |
Here it is: The T-Mobile Sidekick 4G, the long-awaited successor to the texting phone that burned many a teenager’s fingers off and drove up cell phone bills all across the country. So how does this new version by Samsung, complete with touchscreen and Android 2.2,…
By Emily Price |
T-Mobile has posted a video showing off the new Sidekick 4G. With the recent death of the cloud-based Danger service that powered previous Sidekicks (death slated for May 31 of this year), the Sidekick 4G will be the only version of the handset on the…
By Noah Kravitz |
Danger is dead. Long live Sidekick. T-Mobile just made the Sidekick 4G official, though they didn’t include a price or ship date with the press release and photo sent out tonight. Grr. Sidekick 4G is made by Samsung, based on Android 2.2, and features a…
By Emily Price |
T-Mobile has announced the death of Danger, the cloud-data service that powered the original line of Sidekick phones starting in 2002. What many people may not realize, is that most of the functionality of the Sidekick (outside of making calls and sending texts) required the…
By Jack McGrath |
Today was certainly a hectic day in the world of technology to say the least. We’ve compiled a list of TechnoBuffalo’s top headlines for today to help you make sense of it all. 1. New Details Concerning Portal 2 Emerge The successor to game monolith Valve’s…
By Sean P. Aune |
Sidekick phones appear to be coming back to T-Mobile in 2011, but will this once popular brand be able to win back disgruntled users? It was first reported yesterday that the Sidekick brand was coming back to T-Mobile this year, and it has now been…
By Winston Sih |
Join BuffaloBuzz host Winston Sih as he details the week’s technology headlines. ; This week: 1) We address the issues about the iPhone’s exterior antenna and Apple’s response to it. 2) We talk about the T-Mobile Sidekick’s retirement. 3) We highlight some of the iAds…
By Travis Harvey |
Remember that press invite that went out last Monday announcing it was ‘time to share’? Microsoft today announced the results of the Danger acquisition in the form of two devices originally leaked late last year. The internally codenamed ‘Pink’ project has been reborn as Kin…
