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The Danger Hiptop PDA is moving forward via alliances. "Danger makes no margin on the device. It's a razor, razorblade business. We want to make money selling services which we consider the razorblades," said Rubin... Danger is using a server-side reference design that puts the entire platform in the network. Users will store all personal information and data, including e-mail, calendars, and contacts on the network. The device does have some limited caching capability in case a user is out of a coverage area... "Carriers like it because data is held hostage on the carriers servers," said David Hayden, president of Mobile Week... T-Mobile is expected to launch the Sidekick this fall. U.K.-based Orange will launch its device next year.