Danger

Danger provides the software platform and hardware behind T-Mobile’s Sidekick phone.

Danger provided the software platform and hardware behind [T-Mobile](/organization/t-mobile)'s Sidekick phone. In its prime, the youth-friendly, messaging-focused phone handled over 4,000 messages and 400 pageviews per user per month, according to figures quoted on Danger's website as of February 2008. [Microsoft](/organization/microsoft) acquired Danger in 2008, and the company [made headlines](http://techcrunch.com/2009/10/10/t-mobile-sidekick-disaster-microsofts-servers-crashed-and-they-dont-have-a-backup/) in 2009 when an issue with its servers caused users to lose all data not stored locally. On May 31, 2011, T-Mobile and Microsoft [discontinued the cloud data service](http://techcrunch.com/2011/02/28/t-mobile-sidekick-dead-cancelled-may-31st/) to all Danger-powered Sidekick devices.