Sidekick Users Revolt Over Mass Data Loss

Sidekick users are on the warpath after learning Microsoft and its subsidiary, the ironically named Danger Inc., have lost all their data, permanently, in a server crash. T-Mobile offered to credit users a free month of data service, but that didn’t mollify the people on T-Mobile’s support forums, ComputerWorld reports. By midday today, 3,600 had posted angry messages, with most threatening to dump their phones.

“I just spoke to a lawyer,” said one user. “He informed me he would be happy to start a class-action suit against T-Mobile. He said he could not only get us out of our contracts, but can more than likely get $50 per contact lost.” Microsoft and T-Mobile issued a statement saying they were working on recovering the data but “the likelihood of a successful outcome is extremely low.” (More Sidekick stories.)