Comments on: Meanwhile, Microsoft Buys Danger For $500 Million

By: hamza karim

hamza karim — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 21:39:49 +0000

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[...] Microsoft buys Danger [...]

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Microsoft made a really dumb ad for Vista… at imthegenius — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 19:13:27 +0000

[...] I wonder how they’re gonna screw up the sidekick? [...]

By: huh

huh — Tue, 19 Feb 2008 19:37:51 +0000

what was actually $1.5 billion…the price Micro paid for Danger? for a company that did not see profit for almost two years out…that would be a deal for Danger, but I would be surprised if that were the case. where does this device rank in sales? reminds me of a cheap electronic toy…but I am not in their demo graphic…so oh well.

By: Hilary

Hilary — Fri, 15 Feb 2008 21:35:45 +0000

I’ve read that this will make them more competitive with the iPhone. I can’t help but wonder if they will actually be more competitive with the Blackberry. Two VERY different genres…

By: Lindsey Speyer

Lindsey Speyer — Fri, 15 Feb 2008 14:27:51 +0000

I know that if I were microsoft, I’d want to buy a company like Danger. I feel like they’ve probably lost a nice chunk of their customers (especially younger and mobile customers) to apple since the introduction of the iPhone, and now things like the macbook air and such. And like Cliff says, hiptops “have no use in the professional world” (perhaps not completely true, but…), and they’re definitely targeted towards the younger market.

I’m very interested in the Android project though, I can’t wait to see how that turns out.

By: anomynous

anomynous — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 22:09:24 +0000

umm…. it was actually $1.5 billion

By: VoIP-Facts.net: The Blog

VoIP-Facts.net: The Blog — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 19:06:14 +0000

Microsoft, Yahoo, Nortel and Danger…

Microsoft Corp. has been in the news a lot of late, most notably due to its unsolicited takeover bid for Yahoo. Progress in their unified communications partnership with Nortel was charted this week, and they also announced on Monday that they were acq…

By: uploadchoice

uploadchoice — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 16:54:36 +0000

I watched the video of T-Mobile Sidekick, screaming teenager.

By: Gilbert

Gilbert — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 16:38:29 +0000

It could be beneficial to both sides, but at the same time it could hinder both of them. I just hope they dont try to change the look of it, if they put windows on it cool though!

By: Satoshi

Satoshi — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 06:11:24 +0000

I am wondering if this is related to IP-battle between Microsoft and Google. There is a surprising similarities between Android and Danger OS’s VM.

http://satoshi.blogs.com/uie/2.....osoft.html

By: Life is Beautiful

Life is Beautiful — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 06:09:12 +0000

Will Microsoft sue Google? (Danger vs. android)…

Since the announcement of Android by Google, I have been wondering if Danger will sue Google. Android is an invention of Andy Rubin (Director of Mobile Platform at Google), who is a co-founder of Danger. As far as I can…

By: sTe

sTe — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 05:20:13 +0000

“Can’t beat the IM client on the hiptop though…”

The real trick is the behind-the-scenes IM technology. Microsoft may be trying to keep that from “falling into the wrong hands.”

The iPhone has the iChat (AIM) “look” to its text messaging (SMS) interface, yet has no true mobile IM capability. Since iChat is an integral of OS X, would Apple be interested in Danger just for the IM capabilities?

Microsoft could keep it from Apple/Google and use the technology for their own phones.

Other than that, I don’t see the Danger technology is revolutionary… anymore.

By: EBH

EBH — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 03:52:57 +0000

When I was in Europe, I was told that Gates and MS have investments in EU wireless tech and LG. Europeans are far ahead of the US in cell tech (thanks to Verizon). Instead of creating their own hand held — like Google — MS is buying expertise; probably at a huge discount. It makes sense. E

By: Kvan

Kvan — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 01:38:31 +0000

“If Microsoft can get carriers other than T-Mobile to carry Sidekicks, it could become a very valuable franchise”

Other carriers do carry it but its not called the sidekick remember the Hiptop Tmobile owns the trademark sidekick ?

By: GS

GS — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 00:41:38 +0000

how come no one is focusing on how Danger’s platform is Java up and down their stack? MS acquisition of Danger seems like a way to reduce competition from other platforms in the consumer space, take advantage of the Sidekick cachet to deploy some WinMo based solution and enhance the role of WinMo in the consumer space.

realistically does anyone think MS is going to add another platform to their mobile offerings, espcially one that is grounded in Java? no way!

By: nick

nick — Mon, 11 Feb 2008 22:46:41 +0000

This just confirms that the hip factor of the Sidekick has definitely bottomed out.

By: rubu

rubu — Mon, 11 Feb 2008 22:12:55 +0000

http://whatisastockbroker.com/ My clients included idealab, Netscape, Pixar, Apple and a bunch of startups, venture funds and investment banks.

By: STEVEJ

STEVEJ — Mon, 11 Feb 2008 21:50:56 +0000

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By: So Many Spammers on TechCrunch

So Many Spammers on TechCrunch — Mon, 11 Feb 2008 21:27:44 +0000

From PE Week Wire:

Microsoft Corp. has agreed to acquire Danger Inc., a Palo Alto, Calif.-based provider of software and services for mobile handsets. No financial terms were disclosed. Danger has raised around $142 million in total VC funding since 2000, including a Series E round in late 2006 at a post-money valuation of approximately $187 million. Shareholders include Mobius Venture Capital (17.6%), Redpoint Ventures (14.8%), T-Mobile (12.6%), Softbank Capital (12.7%), Motorola (11.2%), Meritech Capital Partners (7.8%) and VSP Capital (6.2%). Danger currently is in registration for a $100.05 million IPO. http://www.danger.com

Those investors alone are 82.9% of equity and with all the liquidity preferences and particpation terms, the actual entrepreneurs and employees are going to walk away with very little.

By: Brian

Brian — Mon, 11 Feb 2008 21:03:54 +0000

Microsoft buys danger

By: Frank Daley

Frank Daley — Mon, 11 Feb 2008 21:00:36 +0000

Yet again Microsoft’s insatiable appetite to dominate shows its partners that it is anything but a partner.

Why should Dell, HP support Windows when Microsoft increasingly encroaches into the PC space with Xbox.

Why should any handset manufacturer use Windows Mobile when Microsoft has itself entered the handset market.

Any smart manufacturer should be doing whatever it can to eliminate its dependency on Microsoft before it finds itself knifed in the back.

Trust Microsoft … no way.

By: Brian

Brian — Mon, 11 Feb 2008 20:54:45 +0000

http://www.tagsum.com/news/102.....uys-Danger

By: Larry Larrikin

Larry Larrikin — Mon, 11 Feb 2008 20:42:30 +0000

Looks like Microsoft sees the writing on the wall and doesn’t want to lose customer share as things move more and more to mobile devices. I wouldn’t be surprised to see them snap up a lot more companies in the coming years. Maybe Intrinsyc next?

By: CanCar

CanCar — Mon, 11 Feb 2008 20:38:08 +0000

It could control both the hardware and the software, just like Apple does with the iPhone. But the mobile handset business is brutal. Look at Motorola.