Comments on: Epic fail from T-Mobile and Danger/Microsoft…Sidekick users beware! http://www.geardiary.com/2009/10/10/epic-fail-from-t-mobile-and-dangermicrosoft-sidekick-users-beware/ Everyone can understand technology; sometimes it just takes a little translating. Wed, 15 Feb 2012 02:34:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Carly Zhttp://www.geardiary.com/2009/10/10/epic-fail-from-t-mobile-and-dangermicrosoft-sidekick-users-beware/#comment-50371 Carly Z Sun, 11 Oct 2009 12:41:05 +0000 http://www.geardiary.com/?p=53006#comment-50371 As far as I can find out, there is no local backup option for Sidekick data. It's just all stored with T-Mobile/Danger/Microsoft. Crazy, I know... For me, I like the cloud because I can grab any phone, enter a few pieces of information, and in seconds my calendar and contacts appear. And I can get them on any computer with a web browser too. However, I also keep physical backups on a microsd card just in case...:-D As far as I can find out, there is no local backup option for Sidekick data. It’s just all stored with T-Mobile/Danger/Microsoft. Crazy, I know…

For me, I like the cloud because I can grab any phone, enter a few pieces of information, and in seconds my calendar and contacts appear. And I can get them on any computer with a web browser too.

However, I also keep physical backups on a microsd card just in case…:-D

]]> By: Thomas R. Hallhttp://www.geardiary.com/2009/10/10/epic-fail-from-t-mobile-and-dangermicrosoft-sidekick-users-beware/#comment-56068 Thomas R. Hall Sun, 11 Oct 2009 03:01:30 +0000 http://www.geardiary.com/?p=53006#comment-56068 <span class="topsy_trackback_comment"><span class="topsy_twitter_username"><span class="topsy_trackback_content">Epic fail from T-Mobile and Danger/Microsoft…Sidekick users beware! http://bit.ly/j2jbO (via @GearDiarySite)</span></span> Epic fail from T-Mobile and Danger/Microsoft…Sidekick users beware! http://bit.ly/j2jbO (via @GearDiarySite)

]]> By: jkj1962http://www.geardiary.com/2009/10/10/epic-fail-from-t-mobile-and-dangermicrosoft-sidekick-users-beware/#comment-50363 jkj1962 Sun, 11 Oct 2009 02:55:25 +0000 http://www.geardiary.com/?p=53006#comment-50363 This is a colossal fail for someone, either Microsoft or Danger, and T-Mobile's going to get hosed. It also reveals a potential flaw in the way the SideKick works. Does it really not have a local copy of the data that it retains when the power is off? Really? Seems to me like a possible scenario for "cloud computing" as well, if it isn't done right. I know, I know, supposedly things like Google Gears have a local backup copy. But, if you have a local copy, why do you need the cloud? Doesn't it just become an on-line backup service? And that's new? This is a colossal fail for someone, either Microsoft or Danger, and T-Mobile’s going to get hosed.

It also reveals a potential flaw in the way the SideKick works. Does it really not have a local copy of the data that it retains when the power is off? Really?

Seems to me like a possible scenario for “cloud computing” as well, if it isn’t done right. I know, I know, supposedly things like Google Gears have a local backup copy. But, if you have a local copy, why do you need the cloud? Doesn’t it just become an on-line backup service? And that’s new?

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