Wednesday, March 2, 2005
Hilton Hack Helps T-Mobile Sell Sidekicks!
Posted by Jon Westfall in "NEWS" @ 04:00 PM
"TechNewsWorld reports that New York T-Mobile stores are selling out of Sidekick IIs, sales fueled by Paris Hilton’s brush with hackery last week. Ignoring the fact that all of Paris’ emails, photos and memos were unwillingly brought to the eyes of the public, scores of people have swept up the devices..."
Seems that the general public is now starting to know about the Sidekick II because of all this, and its not a bad thing for T-Mobile after all (Which probably explains why they have kept a fairly low profile on it all, releasing a fairly low-key statement which cites the hacking as a "growing phenomenon"). People are now finding out about the many features and uses for a Sidekick, and seem pretty undaunted by the possible security risk. I don't know about you, but if I was shopping for a car, the fact that the same model had recently been broken into and a lot of confidential information stolen might be a turn-off for me... :?
Seems that the general public is now starting to know about the Sidekick II because of all this, and its not a bad thing for T-Mobile after all (Which probably explains why they have kept a fairly low profile on it all, releasing a fairly low-key statement which cites the hacking as a "growing phenomenon"). People are now finding out about the many features and uses for a Sidekick, and seem pretty undaunted by the possible security risk. I don't know about you, but if I was shopping for a car, the fact that the same model had recently been broken into and a lot of confidential information stolen might be a turn-off for me... :?
