Microsoft
has announced plans to acquire
Danger, the
designer of the Sidekick
mobile handset.
Robbie Bach, president of the Entertainment and Devices Division at
Microsoft, said that the purchase "strengthens our dedication to improving
mobile experiences centred around individuals and what they like".
He added that Danger has focused on a young, enthusiastic, internet-savvy and
socially-inclined customer base by providing real-time mobile messaging, social
networking and other applications.
Danger-powered handsets offer HTML web browsing, instant messaging, games,
multimedia, social networking, web email and personal information management
applications.
Microsoft hopes to combine these services with its own connected
entertainment systems, including MSN, Xbox, Zune, Windows Live and Windows
Mobile, to create a complete entertainment and communication platform for
customers.
Danger was founded in 2000 by Andy Rubin, who went on to start
Android
which was acquired by
Google in
2005, and is now shaping up to become a
major rival to
Windows Mobile.
Danger will become a part of Microsoft's entertainment and devices division.
Terms of the purchase were not disclosed.
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