[missing-sync-hiptop-talk] Official Word: No Sync from T-Mobile

[Dan Duncan]

>   "Sidekick was chosen for its appeal to consumers who want one
> integrated, stand-alone communication solution at an unparalleled
> value. We are aware of the petition and continue to evaluate new
> Sidekick offerings, but, at this time, do not have plans to launch PIM
> synch."

I can't say I'm surprised.  I got a B&W sidekick when they first came
out on the promise it would someday be able to sync and accept
third party applications.  I went through my entire one year
contract and Danger never delivered on their promise.  I jumped
ship and got a different phone that didn't make any future promises
but delivered everything Danger ever promised right out of the
box.

Don't ever expect Danger to deliver anything.

My wife still enjoys her sidekick and recently got OS X, so
I joined this list to learn about Missing Sync.

My question is this:
Why wait on Danger to provide any functionality?  Can't you just
write an app that goes through the web interface to the sidekick
desktop and grabs the appropriate information to sync?  I've worked
with unix scripts that parse information from dynamic web pages
(written by a cow-orker of mine) and there's no real magic to it.
When I first heard about Missing Sync I just assumed that's what
it was doing.

I think Danger specializes in vaporware.

-DanD

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#  Dan Duncan (kd4igw)  dand at pcisys.net  http://pcisys.net/~dand