For about 2 weeks, sidekick users have been really frustrated about losing almost all their data. After few moves from T-Mobile trying to make their customers happy, now Microsoft seams have recovered some data, not all of it. Here is what they say.
Well.. T-Mobile does not want to lose any customer, specially the cool ones that use Sidekicks. That is why T-Mobile is offering, besides the free month of internet, a 100 bucks gift card to spend it. Here is the official statement.
UPDATE : T-Mobile has gotten service restored, but some data has been forever lost. All customers will get a free month of service, and some will be offered “additional” compensation to “reinforce how valuable [they] are as a T-Mobile customer.”
Here’s T-Mobile’s official statement:
Virtually all data services have been restored. Also, T-Mobile voice and text services were not impacted.
Gizmodo has gotten its hands on two images allegedly of the Pink smartphones that we’ve been hearing about few days ago. As you can see, there are 2 models, one its the turtle ( the small slider phone) and the other ones, The Pure.
Today T-Mobile announced that the Facebook and Twitter applications are available for the Sidekick LX, Sidekick 2008 and Sidekick Slide. The Facebook app is free, but the Twitter app incurs a $2 monthly charge. Both apps are still free for the Sidekick LX 2009.
A few of us were hoping that the upcoming April 21 T-Mobile event might be for a new Android handset, a sequel to the G1. Instead, it’s just a launch party for the new Sidekick LX.
A little more about the Sidekick LX 2009 version :
Today, T-Mobile just announced a new Sidekick LX and this time with extras and 2 colors. The 2009 edition of the Sidekick LX will have : GPS, 3G data (1700), an amazing 3.2-inch full wide VGA display, and super-tight integration with Facebook, Twitter, and MySpace.
Our friends of HipTop an internal memo from a T-Mobile employee that confirms mostly all the rumors about the highly anticipated upcoming addition to the Sidekick line. According to the memo,