Early Danger adopter here. The hiptop was great for its time but with the advent of the iPhone, it was obsolete. That was before the MS acquisition. Rubin (and

Early Danger adopter here. The hiptop was great for its time but with the advent of the iPhone, it was obsolete. That was before the MS acquisition. Rubin (and presumably much of his team) had long prior left for Android. Danger was already in freefall by the time of the acquisition. You can't blame Microsoft for that.