Windows Phone Thoughts: PDA Avenue Calls It Quits

"It is with much sadness and regret that I inform you of the “demise” of PDA Avenue. On Saturday night, we experienced a catastrophic database failure. Simply put the database was gone. We still do not know if this was due to hardware error or an external attack. We lost the site. Everything is gone. Unfortunately, our most recent backup is several months old; meaning that even with a backup, most of the site is missing..."

It's always unfortunate when a PDA site shuts down, because I know from first-hand experience how much effort goes into creating and running a site - shutting a site down is like losing a loved one in some respects. And being forced into it by data loss is even worse - I wish the crew at PDA Avenue the best and hope they find new pursuits they can be passionate about!