Microsoft's quarterly report confirms $500 million spent on Danger
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Haxxy @ Aug 2nd 2008 9:58PM
Sounds like a pretty Dangerous move! Ahahahahahh!
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derX @ Aug 2nd 2008 10:05PM
"That's a lot of jack, son."
Couldn't have put it better myself. You, my friend = win.
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I just can't wait to start seeing some drool worthy Sidekicks. I just find this acquisition to be unexpected on so many levels. When I think of Microsoft's mobile sector, I think of suits. When I think of the vast majority of Sidekick users, I think of annoying tweens (I know, it's very ignorant of me, I've grown to accept it). This is gonna be interesting. It's like a sitcom--the suit and the tween have to learn to coexist and trouble and crazy antics are sure to ensue! Tune into Fox--whoa, I got a little to into that one... Yeah, let me press submit now....
Danny F. @ Aug 2nd 2008 11:24PM
And yet the best they can come up with was the "The T-Mobile Sidekick"
I really hope another device is following right after this for the next month because if not the that was a cool 500k for nothing...
MastrCake @ Aug 2nd 2008 11:31PM
Ummm...
500k?
OziD @ Aug 3rd 2008 4:50PM
i'd say microsoft has about a year to do something really sweet with the SK platform before i'd consider it a waste.
all it really needs is to get rid of that shitty store setup (let users create and use their own programs ala palm), all new UI, decent media player, and a nice browser... and i'd say the phone would be in good shape.
could go for a "sleeker" design too.
Danny F. @ Aug 6th 2008 11:11AM
Correction $500 mill.
I hope they make changes because they will have to wip out some godly sh*t to make me wanna go back to one.
Virtuous @ Aug 2nd 2008 11:49PM
MS flushed $500M down the toilet! The Sidekick is rapidly approaching obsolesce.
Mateo @ Aug 5th 2008 6:25AM
Don't kid yourself. Plenty of people are loyal to the Sidekick devices.
David D @ Aug 4th 2008 12:10PM
also, sidekicks may get a big update since microsoft just bought them
David @ Aug 6th 2008 6:12AM
Microsoft bought Danger for its assets, not for the Sidekick.
For example, when Microsoft bought Visio, it did a quick rebranding exercise, however in the long term, it used the assets of Visio in building BizTalk Server and Visual Studio designers - products which weren't even conceived at the time of the purchase of Visio.
Microsoft has just bought Danger. I'm not interested in what's coming around the corner, I'm interested in what they do years from now.