This was rather unexpected since the rumor mill wasn’t even churning on this. Microsoft disclosed today that they picked up Danger for the typical undisclosed amount of money.
Looks like Microsoft isn’t screwing around any longer on the mobile side of things. Danger’s products have been taking off on the last few years. Specifically T-Mobile’s Sidekick line of phones. I guess we can expect some interesting things out of that group now that they have Microsoft’s backing.
The founder, Andy Rubin, who now runs the Android unit over at Google must have a smile on his face today.
I had a Sidekick for a year; the iPhone wins hands-down over it. Danger’s OS is not intuitive. I don’t think Microsoft will benefit much from its purchase of Danger.