Beyond embarrassing possible leaks about less-than-stellar Pink project (Microsoft's own smartphone) progress, and rumours of Windows Mobile 7 being delayed til the end of next year, well, Microsoft has apparently managed to lose most or all user data for their T-Mobile Sidekick service. Sidekicks are a type of early smart-phone which store all user data on the server-side; client-side storage is transient. So millions of people have lost all their contacts, emails, text messages, etc. Predictably, they aren't happy.
Given that Microsoft is currently trying to get into the 'Cloud' data service and storage market, with a similar sync product for Windows Mobile 6.5, Office Live and so forth, well, this isn't going to help their image in that space. It will be most interesting to see what happens to their stock price tomorrow...
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