At the turn of the millennium, three men formed Danger Incorporated, which went on to create a smartphone perfectly positioned for its time. Those men eventually wound up at Google … after one of them founded Android . But what became of the T-Mobile Sidekick, their stylish swiveling phone? After an illustrious life filled with fame , fortune and failure , the Hiptop met its end today. Today, Microsoft and T-Mobile will shut down the Danger servers for good , leaving existing handsets without the push email and cloud services that once made them indispensable to the teens, tweens and businesspeople who used them day in and day out — leaving the Android-powered Sidekick 4G to fan the remaining embers of the brand. Join us after the break for a video celebration of Danger’s pop culture phenomenon, and head on over to Geekwire for a brief history of the iconic device. Now, if you’ll excuse us, we’ve got a little water in our eye. Continue reading Danger’s iconic Hiptop fades away / the Sidekick is here to stay Danger’s iconic Hiptop fades away / the Sidekick is here to stay originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 31 May 2011 17:42:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
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Danger’s iconic Hiptop fades away / the Sidekick is here to stay
June 1st, 2011 
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