A couple years ago, I remember hearing that Danger had the desire to move from the hardware+software game into a pure software play. I didn’t know if that was true or not, but it looks like they’re making steps toward that goal by working with Motorola on the Zante.

Check out the article at Gizmodo.

I’ve been a big fan of the Sidekick OS. It’s the only mobile OS I’ve used that uses network storage so extensively. As an example, I downloaded an SSH application for my Sidekick II and set up a few hosts on it. When I did a hard reset on my phone one day, after entering in my username/password, it downloaded the same app again, then downloaded the settings for all of my saved SSH hosts as well. The device was able to restore itself pretty much to the exact same state I left it with no intervention.

Imagine having this on any phone. If you’re on a business trip and lose your device, you can buy another one, enter your login, and have lost absolutely nothing.