A Sidekick device fan has set up an online petition asking Sidekick vendor T-Mobile USA Inc. and creator Danger Inc. to offer synchronization technology to Sidekick users.
Sidekick user Levi Wallach launched the online petition in an attempt to urge T-Mobile and Danger to introduce the service. The technology-which is available in other devices including PalmOne Inc.’s Treo and Research In Motion Ltd.’s BlackBerry-allows users to match the calendar and contact information in their desktop computers with that in their wireless devices. Danger has in the past promised to offer synchronization capabilities.
“Despite the clamoring of its users, and endless promises, today, T-Mobile users still do not have this capability which is known to exist and which is offered on other T-Mobile devices like the RIM Blackberry,” Wallach wrote in the petition. “T-Mobile can and should offer this capability to its users, as others have done, and as this was promised continuously for almost two years now. This petition is an effort to show T-Mobile the interest in such a synchronization capability.”
“Sidekick was chosen for its appeal to consumers who want one integrated, standalone communication solution at an unparalleled value,” said Bryan Zidar, a T-Mobile spokesman. “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.”
Officials for Danger were not immediately available for comment.
T-Mobile is among a handful of wireless carriers across the globe that offer branded versions of Danger’s device, which the company calls the Hiptop. The innovative device features voice and data capabilities and a flip screen, which hides a tiny keyboard. The device also features full over-the-air connection capabilities, which allow carriers to remotely introduce new services and applications directly onto the device.
