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Huh? You think the OS on the Sidekick is better than Windows Mobile? Huh? You think M$ makes it own devices? You don't know what you're talking about.]]>Apr 15th 2008 3:02PMhttp://mobile.engadget.com/2008/04/15/microsoft-completes-danger-acquisition-creates-new-premium-mobi/http://mobile.engadget.com/2008/04/15/microsoft-completes-danger-acquisition-creates-new-premium-mobi/Apr 15th 2008 6:14PMhttp://mobile.engadget.com/2008/04/15/microsoft-completes-danger-acquisition-creates-new-premium-mobi/http://mobile.engadget.com/2008/04/15/microsoft-completes-danger-acquisition-creates-new-premium-mobi/Apr 15th 2008 5:30PMhttp://mobile.engadget.com/2008/04/15/microsoft-completes-danger-acquisition-creates-new-premium-mobi/http://mobile.engadget.com/2008/04/15/microsoft-completes-danger-acquisition-creates-new-premium-mobi/
Take a Zune, a 360, WinMo 6.1 (7), Sidekick and APX 2500 platform and throw it in a blender. With any luck you would be pouring one sweet multi-media device out into your cool frosty glass.

Platform capable of 3D UI and Gaming (APX 2500)
Customizable advanced OS with a large pool of developers (WinMo)
Slick form factor (Sidekick)
Multimedia Support (Zune)
Access to Online Media Content and Games (XBOX Live)
Connection to a home gaming platform (XBOX 360)

The stars are aligned for Microsoft to do far more than introduce a youth oriented texting "smart phone." It is all a matter of how far Microsoft wants to take it. If done right they could compete with Sony in the portable gaming market, and Apple on both the "trendy phone" and portable media player market.

I guess all we can do is sit back and wait. ]]>Apr 15th 2008 6:01PMhttp://mobile.engadget.com/2008/04/15/microsoft-completes-danger-acquisition-creates-new-premium-mobi/http://mobile.engadget.com/2008/04/15/microsoft-completes-danger-acquisition-creates-new-premium-mobi/
The convergence device would still work on the Danger OS, and probably more so to MS's liking. A less open platform is what they would likely desire for a device like this. The only difference is they would need a new platform to build off of as the Nvidia option is currently being designed to work exclusively with WinMo.

I still think the Sidekick Slide form factor would make an awesome transition to a gaming device. Make the screen larger, make it a touch screen and keep the QWERTY keyboard underneath for messaging (mms, sms, etc.), in-game messaging, and advanced gaming controls. ]]>Apr 15th 2008 6:11PMhttp://mobile.engadget.com/2008/04/15/microsoft-completes-danger-acquisition-creates-new-premium-mobi/http://mobile.engadget.com/2008/04/15/microsoft-completes-danger-acquisition-creates-new-premium-mobi/Apr 15th 2008 8:24PMhttp://mobile.engadget.com/2008/04/15/microsoft-completes-danger-acquisition-creates-new-premium-mobi/http://mobile.engadget.com/2008/04/15/microsoft-completes-danger-acquisition-creates-new-premium-mobi/Apr 17th 2008 3:45PM