Friday, March 14, 2003

Big Hotel Chains Are Striking Back Against Web Sites Great quote… This is yet another industry that doesn't seem to understand that the internet makes it possible for customers to know more about your business and demand a fair price. Ignoring that doesn't do anything other than guarantee that customers will go elsewhere. [Techdirt] Is your business modeled around your customers NOT knowing how you operate? 10:35:13 AM

Has T-Mobile dropped the Sidekick? Has T-Mobile dropped the Sidekick, Danger's mobile communicator? Amazon, other retail sites, and T-Mobile's own site list the Sidekick as out of stock due to high demand, but we just received a tip that there have been so many quality problems with the Sidekick that T-Mobile has decided to drop it entirely. Anybody know what's really going on here? The other plausible explanation for this: A few weeks ago we heard that Danger was letting the stock of black & white Sidekicks deplete in advance of the release of a new color model. [Gizmodo] My bro Steve said he's been thru 4 (?) Sidekicks, which seems rather ridiculous. They look like they're built to be sturdy, and they market them as rough and tumble ready. 10:27:58 AM