Comments on: Microsoft Living Dangerously, Buys Sidekick Company http://www.mobileindustryreview.com/2008/02/microsoft_living_dangerously_buys_sidekick_company.html Daily news and opinion for 250,000 industry executives and mobile fanatics Wed, 10 Feb 2010 16:00:51 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: SMS Text News » Archives » Windows Live: coming to a mobile near you http://www.mobileindustryreview.com/2008/02/microsoft_living_dangerously_buys_sidekick_company.html/comment-page-1#comment-216570 SMS Text News » Archives » Windows Live: coming to a mobile near you Tue, 12 Feb 2008 09:39:55 +0000 http://www.smstextnews.com/2008/02/microsoft_living_dangerously_buys_sidekick_company.html#comment-216570 [...] is having a stormer of a Mobile World Congress. After announcing its decision to buy the software company Danger, hot on the heels of its play for Yahoo, it’s dusting down its consumer effort for mobiles [...] [...] is having a stormer of a Mobile World Congress. After announcing its decision to buy the software company Danger, hot on the heels of its play for Yahoo, it’s dusting down its consumer effort for mobiles [...]

]]> By: Jared http://www.mobileindustryreview.com/2008/02/microsoft_living_dangerously_buys_sidekick_company.html/comment-page-1#comment-216455 Jared Mon, 11 Feb 2008 18:53:10 +0000 http://www.smstextnews.com/2008/02/microsoft_living_dangerously_buys_sidekick_company.html#comment-216455 fair enough - i suppose i'll give you "acting before anyone else did" as a more meaningful act than simply "buying up another tech company" as i took it for. still, i think we'll have to see what the big boys do with their new toys before declaring much in the way of mental clarity. personally, i'm hoping for something to come out of that company that piques my interest. i've got nothing against monopolies - AT&T was once like microsoft is today, but during that time they gave (really, GAVE) us the transistor. where is microsoft's big contribution? another tech buy-out. if they use Danger to do something really clever i'll be proud of them - i hope they do, they are quite overdue. fair enough – i suppose i’ll give you “acting before anyone else did” as a more meaningful act than simply “buying up another tech company” as i took it for. still, i think we’ll have to see what the big boys do with their new toys before declaring much in the way of mental clarity. personally, i’m hoping for something to come out of that company that piques my interest. i’ve got nothing against monopolies – AT&T was once like microsoft is today, but during that time they gave (really, GAVE) us the transistor. where is microsoft’s big contribution? another tech buy-out. if they use Danger to do something really clever i’ll be proud of them – i hope they do, they are quite overdue.

]]> By: Ricky http://www.mobileindustryreview.com/2008/02/microsoft_living_dangerously_buys_sidekick_company.html/comment-page-1#comment-216452 Ricky Mon, 11 Feb 2008 17:55:21 +0000 http://www.smstextnews.com/2008/02/microsoft_living_dangerously_buys_sidekick_company.html#comment-216452 I think it's genius because Danger has a wealth of information as to the mobile practices and preferences of the young connected crowd, and has created a server-based system for delivering them content that they eat up. Personally, I'm surprised no other company snapped them up quicker, to be honest. <em>Ricky's last blog post..<a href='http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/SmsTextNews/~3/233230339/vodafone_chooses_blackberry_as_key_standard.html' rel="nofollow">Vodafone chooses Blackberry as key standard</a></em> I think it’s genius because Danger has a wealth of information as to the mobile practices and preferences of the young connected crowd, and has created a server-based system for delivering them content that they eat up. Personally, I’m surprised no other company snapped them up quicker, to be honest.

Ricky’s last blog post..Vodafone chooses Blackberry as key standard

]]> By: Jared http://www.mobileindustryreview.com/2008/02/microsoft_living_dangerously_buys_sidekick_company.html/comment-page-1#comment-216441 Jared Mon, 11 Feb 2008 16:39:27 +0000 http://www.smstextnews.com/2008/02/microsoft_living_dangerously_buys_sidekick_company.html#comment-216441 genius? are you serious? sure, its the right thing to do, and i know it's tough to find ANYTHING to applaud microsoft for, but lets not go overboard - microsoft purchased the vast majority of its technology, this is just their modus operandi. genius? realizing one's limitations is more profound than some people realize, but it's a far cry from genius. genius? are you serious? sure, its the right thing to do, and i know it’s tough to find ANYTHING to applaud microsoft for, but lets not go overboard – microsoft purchased the vast majority of its technology, this is just their modus operandi.

genius? realizing one’s limitations is more profound than some people realize, but it’s a far cry from genius.

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