The Danger Service

The real secret sauce is the Danger Service, a complete backend infrastructure that is always connected to Danger-powered devices. The Danger Service manages all data communications to and from the device. It does things like:

• makes sure you are ‘always-on and connected’ to the Internet and to your friends, so there’s never any need to manually dial-up
• pre-formats web pages so that they display well on the device
• maintains your instant messaging conversations in real-time, pushes emails to you, so you don’t have to manually retrieve them
• automatically and wirelessly backs up your email, photos, and organizer data so that you’ll never lose your stuff
• gives you unlimited remote storage for games and applications, so you can keep building your collection
• delivers over-the-air software updates to the device, so that you’ll always have the very latest software

Because the Danger Service backs up your data automatically, you can securely access and edit this information through a web browser on any computer connected to the Internet. Your data on the device and “Desktop Interface” is always ‘synchronized’, so any change you make in one place will automatically be reflected in the other. Pretty cool, huh?

The Desktop Interface gives you access to your information even if you happen to lose your Danger-powered device, so you’ll never be left in the cold. When you get a replacement device, or if you upgrade to a new type of Danger-powered device, all of your data will automatically be provisioned to the new device after you sign on with your username and password. Easy.

Danger Software

Our software is completely integrated. Meaning what? Meaning an experience where all the applications work together in a consistent way so that your life is more easy and fun. And that’s good.

The system is fully multi-tasking, which means multiple things can be going on at the same time, and everything works together. You can:

• Maintain multiple IM conversations at once
• Receive alerts (with message previews) for new IMs or Emails while you are doing something else, like browsing a web page
• Dial a phone number, or go to a web page, directly from an IM, email, or other message. Call, IM, or email someone directly from their address book entry. And so on.
• Jump from one application to another with one-click shortcuts.
• Do lots more. Check out Tips and Tricks for details.

Below is an overview of the applications that are offered on Danger-powered devices. Depending on the operator, some device models may offer a slightly different mix of applications.

Phone

• Tri-band, conferencing, speakerphone, Bluetooth
• Auto-dial phone numbers from address book, IM, email, or other messages

Instant Messaging

• AOL® Instant Messenger , Yahoo!(r) Messenger, Windows Live Messenger
• Truly ‘instant’ messaging – not SMS-based like other phones
• Full buddy list synchronization and management right on the device
• Personalized alerts, buddy icons, emoticons, and symbols

Push Email

• Native account that comes with the device, and up to 3 external accounts
• Messages are pushed to the device by the Danger Service
• Alerts and previews of new messages when you are in other applications
• Consolidated (multi-folder) view with custom folder options

Open Web Browsing

• Full HTML pages with Javascript
• Pages are pre-formatted by the Danger Service for optimal display on-device
• Navigate back and forward, history list, bookmarks, and page-level search
• Easily send URLs to friends via email, SMS, or MMS

Text Messaging

• Emoticons and auto-response features
• Inbox, Drafts, Sent and Trash folders
• Multiple-recipient blasts

Multimedia Messaging

• Images and voice notes

Catalog

• Best-in-class content from the Danger developer community
• Built-in catalog application that makes it easy to find, try, buy and manage your content
• Previews for all games, applications, and ringtones
• See the Catalog section for more details

Address Book

• Store up to 2000 contacts
• Call, email, IM, or Text Message contacts directly from address book
• Share vCards via email, Text Messaging, or Bluetooth

Calendar, Notes, and To-Do

• Store up to 1000 calendar events
• View items by upcoming events, or day/week/month/year

Camera

• Up to 1.3MP (depends on specific Danger-powered device) with Flash
• Easily send photos via email
• Device Gallery photos automatically sync (over-the-air) to Desktop Interface

Music Player

• MP3 player
• Set up playlists and filter by artist, album, or genre
• Search and sort songs, and view detailed song info

Desktop Interface

• Access, edit and manage email, photos, and organizer data through a web browser on any computer connected to the Internet