Danger Hiptop browser

HTML browser of the Danger Hiptop (T-Mobile Sidekick): each page went through a Danger proxy that resized images, reformatted tables and removed JavaScript and Flash; the client handled XHTML 1.0 and CSS; service shut down in 2011.

Facts

Developer

Danger, Inc.

Website

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Engine

Proprietary

Platforms

Other

Details

Danger Hiptop / T-Mobile Sidekick (October 2002 – May 2011), pages prepared by Danger's servers; some late models (Sharp Jump, Mobiflip) replaced this browser with Opera Mini

Popularity

59/100 — Wikipedia: about 1 million Sidekicks sold (2009 estimate)

Key versions

1. Oct. 1, 2002
   HiptopHiptop released by T-Mobile, a phone with a full HTML web browser.
2. June 6, 2003
   Hiptop (couleur)Hiptop revision with a 65,000-color screen.
3. 2004
   Sidekick IISecond generation, made by Sharp, slimmer and with a camera.
4. July 2, 2010
   —Hiptop/Sidekick line discontinued.
5. May 31, 2011
   —Danger’s cloud services shut down, ending Hiptop data services.

Version sources: Danger Hiptop (Wikipedia en)

Sources

1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Danger_Hiptop
2. https://academickids.com/encyclopedia/index.php/Danger_Hiptop
3. https://www.webstandards.org/2002/10/06/danger-hiptop-may-shred-your-design/