Microsoft buys Danger

Yesterday at the Mobile World Congress (formerly known as 3GSM) in Barcelona, Microsoft announced the acquisition of Danger Inc., the makers of the Danger Hiptop also known as the T-Mobile Sidekick.

My take: The move is a good one for Microsoft, who relies on third-party hardware firms like HTC to deliver the Windows Mobile platform to consumers in the form of mobile handsets (Microsoft also released their latest update to the platform yesterday). It is about time they bring some of…