The Hiptop 2, 3, Sidekick iD, Sidekick 2008 and Sidekick LX ( 2009 ) are all manufactured by Sharp Corporation in Japan and designed, respectively, by Danger and then Danger in partnership with Sharp.

All versions of the Hiptop were developed in close partnership with T-Mobile, although carrier-specific features were either removed or added for each carrier, such as the addition of MMS for SunCom and Telstra hiptop 2 users, where the feature was not available on T-Mobile USA devices until the Sidekick LX in 2007.

On October 2, 2009, Microsoft suffered an outage which resulted in prolonged unavailability of data for US T-Mobile Sidekick users, along with shorter periods of no data access for Telstra and T-Mobile UK users.

On July 2, 2010, the T-Mobile Sidekick was discontinued and no longer available for sale through T-Mobile.

T-Mobile Sidekick 2

The Australian version is practically the same as the Sidekick 2 in the USA but re-constructed for the Australian audience — it has MSN Messenger built-in as the default messenger and Yahoo!

There are also two limited edition variants of the T-Mobile USA Sidekick 2: Juicy Couture Edition ( Pink ) and Mister Cartoon Edition ( Black ).

Although many of the " fun " features were taken out, Danger and Sharp did keep some of the features previously seen on the Sidekick 1, 2 and 3.

T-Mobile announced on July 2, 2010, that the Sidekick LX 09 and Sidekick 2008 would no longer be available through T-Mobile.

While the T-Mobile Sidekick LX 2009 was no longer sold from July 2, 2010 onwards, modified versions of the device have been available for sale since.

In April 2011, T-Mobile revived the Sidekick brand for a new HSPA +- compatible Android smartphone developed by Samsung, known as the Sidekick 4G, based on the Galaxy S. While not utilizing the Hiptop's operating system, it incorporates features from the original series, including the keyboard, 3. 2 megapixel camera ( minus LED flash ), and the four-button layout, and adds a new Android-powered interface incorporating elements from the Hiptop's operating system.

The Sidekick 4g runs Android 2. 2.

On October 2, 2009, Microsoft lost the ability to access user data for T-Mobile US Sidekick subscribers temporarily.

It got replaced on June 13, 2011 for the 2 newest shows Sidekick and Almost Naked Animals.

Sidekick 95 Deluxe added Dashboard 95, America Online software, 2 interactive organizational videos, over 40 useful content files called Sidekick Companions and electronic versions of the product manuals in Adobe Acrobat format.

Borland SideKick 2. 0 for Presentation Manager was based on Sidekick 2. 0 for Windows.

The player can carry 2 Sidekick weapons at once, but only 1 is usable at a time.

A revised version ( ISBN 1-58366-043-7 ) was issued in 2004, along with HERO System Sidekick, a condensed version of the rulebook with a cover price of under $ 10.

A new version of Sidekick was released in late 2009 under the title The HERO System Basic Rulebook, while an Advanced Player Guide was published that had additional options for character creation.

Some mobile phones have trackballs, including those in the BlackBerry range, the T-Mobile Sidekick 3, and most HTC smartphones.

It includes 32-bit versions of Corel WordPerfect 7, Corel Quattro Pro 7 and Corel Presentations 7 ; Envoy 7, InfoCentral 7, Desktop Application Director, Corel Barista, QuickTasks, Paradox 7, CorelFLOW 3, CorelDRAW 6 ( illustration module ), Corel A to Z, Netscape Navigator, Quick View Plus, IBM VoiceType Control, 10, 000 clipart images, 200 photos, 59 instructional demos, Corel Screen Saver, Sidekick 95, Dashboard 95, Corel Time Line, 1, 000 fonts, Stedman's Electronic Medical Dictionary 3. 0, Stedman's Plus Spell Checker 4. 0, 20 QuickTasks ( 23 Corel WordPerfect 7 templates ) for health care, Template and style guides for research paper submissions, 20 medical master templates for Corel Presentations 7, 30 medical image watermarks, additional medical clipart and medical illustration images, Additional QuickConnect Internet links to National Library of Medicine, Corel Medical Series web page and Corel Photo Studio.

Alternative operating environments made TSR pop-up utilities such as Borland Sidekick redundant.

Sidekick on this new show is Jeroen Kijk in de Vegte, who worked with De Wild before at 3FM, and producer is Martijn Zuurveen.

The Danger Hiptop, also re-branded as the T-Mobile Sidekick, Mobiflip and Sharp Jump is a GPRS / EDGE / UMTS smartphone produced by Danger Incorporated ( since 2008, a subsidiary of Microsoft ) from 2002 to 2010.

However, T-Mobile did support Sidekick Web Services until May 31, 2011.

In late 2010, Mobilicity began selling the Sidekick LX 2009 as the Mobiflip.

In early 2011, US regional carrier Cincinnati Bell began selling the Sidekick LX 2009 as the Sharp Jump.

T-Mobile revived the Sidekick brand with the Sidekick 4G in April 2011, which is based on a Samsung smartphone running Google's Android OS.

Screens on all Sidekick devices ( excluding the Slide ) flip 180 degrees to reveal the qwerty keyboard.

The Sidekick iD is a smaller version of the Sidekick 3.

The Sidekick iD was aimed at younger, less affluent customers.

To reduce the cost of the Sidekick iD, the creators, ( Sharp ), removed some of the features of the Sidekick 3, including the 1. 3 megapixel camera, the Bluetooth capability, and its media player.

The Sidekick / Hiptop Slide offers the same features and services as every other Danger device and an update to Danger's latest OS version ( 4. 0 ).

The Sidekick LX 2009 model runs DangerOS 5. 0, which is reported to be based on NetBSD.

Sidekick for Windows 1. 0 was developed and released by Borland before Kahn left the company.

As the November 7, 1994 Info World noted, " Despite its name, the only connection between Sidekick for Windows 1. 0 and the venerable Sidekick for DOS is that Borland International owns both programs.

Sidekick Deluxe added more than 40 content files for access to online information, Dashboard 3. 0 for Windows, and the " Organized for Success " video.

The T-Mobile USA Sidekick 3 was made available in three limited edition models which only differed in cosmetic color changes:

The Sidekick LX ( PV-250 ) was released on October 17, 2007 for existing T-Mobile customers via the Internet and five special locations.

It was later released in the UK and Germany by T-Mobile ( as opposed to the Sidekick LX only being released by T-Mobile USA ).

T-Mobile USA suspended sales of the Sidekick Slide on Friday evening, November 16, 2007, after Motorola confirmed that some devices inadvertently powered off when the slide door on the front side of the phone was opened or closed.

On December 6, 2007, the Sidekick Slide was once again available for purchase.

On May 16, 2008, a new version of the Sidekick Slide was released, named the Sidekick Slide Scarlet.

The Sidekick Slide was officially discontinued on August 8, 2008.

It was available for sale again on December 12, 2008, however, T-Mobile has once again discontinued the Sidekick Slide.

On August 1, 2008 T-Mobile released the Sidekick 2008 right before the Slide was discontinued.

The 2009 edition of the Sidekick LX ( PV-300 ), which was known during the development phase as the " Sidekick Blade " or the " Sidekick 2009 ", was released on May 13, 2009, after a pre-order period beginning on April 17.

The development of applications for the Sidekick platform was also halted on September 21, 2010.

Each Sidekick had an IM client ( with AIM, Yahoo Messenger, and MSN Messenger ); an Email client with an included T-Mail account ; a pre-installed game ( Rockets and Rocks or Bob's Journey ); an organizer with planner, a calendar, and calculator ; a SMS and phone app ; a Download Catalog ( also called Download Fun Catalog ); and a Communities app, which was where social networks were accessed.