Danger (company)
Former US mobile hardware and software company / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Danger, Inc. was a company specializing in hardware design, software, and services for mobile computing devices. Its most notable product was the T-Mobile Sidekick (also known as Danger Hiptop), a popular early smartphone. The Sidekick or Hiptop was an early example of client–server ("cloud"-based) smartphones and created the App (Applications) marketplace, later popularized by Android and iOS. Danger was acquired by Microsoft on 11 February 2008, for a price rumored to be around $500 million (USD).[1]
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Company type | Subsidiary |
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Industry | Software, services |
Founded | 1999; 25 years ago (1999) |
Founders | Andy Rubin Joe Britt Matt Hershenson |
Defunct | 2009; 15 years ago (2009) |
Fate | Merged with Microsoft; ceased production |
Headquarters | Palo Alto, California, US |
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Parent | Microsoft |
Website | www.danger.com at the Wayback Machine (archived April 26, 2011) |
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