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

[paul oberman]

My friend has a pc program that he is going to configure to "scrape" 
the interface and retrieve my data.  going over to the p900 sony 
ericsson.

check it out.  supports all the same features as the sidekick.

no keyboard

paul

On Jun 10, 2004, at 10:39 PM, Dan Duncan wrote:

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