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Hurray, Sidekick Owners, You Can Get Your Contacts Back Now
1:02AM Matt Buchanan | 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] More »
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Microsoft “Making Steady Progress” On Sidekick Data Recovery
3:58AM Sean Fallon | Last week it seemed the Danger/Microsoft team was on the verge of sorting out the fiasco that saw widespread data loss for Sidekick customers. Unfortunately, completing this process is taking longer than expected: More »
Networks
The Inevitable Sidekick Data Loss Lawsuit
5:37AM Brian Lam | BTW, a sidekick user has started a class action lawsuit against T-mobile over Microsoft/Danger’s loss of all Hiptop personal data. I wonder what will happen now that Microsoft is promising most if not all data will be restored. [Inquirer]
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“Most, If Not All” Sidekick Data Recovered
9:41PM Danny Allen | It looks like the 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. More »
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The Cause Of The Sidekick Fiasco? “All Signs Point To Sabotage”
4:00PM Chris Jacob | 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 »
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Sidekick Data Fiasco: Some Users’ Contacts Returned
2:15AM Danny Allen | 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 »
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T-Mobile Offers Its Customers Apology Money
12:06PM Dan Nosowitz | 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 $US100 credit. More »
Business
Microsoft’s Project Pink Might Have Killed Itself For Good
9:18AM Jason Chen | The crazy Sidekick data mess might be the least troubling thing to happen to fans of the platform. The latest rumours, which build off of previous Pink rumours, say that the platform is pretty much dead. Dead, dead, dead, dead. More »
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T-Mobile Lets Furious Sidekick Users Break Their Contracts For Free
2:54AM John Herrman | 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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