Microsoft Unveils 'Pink' Phones As Kin One and Two 278
adeelarshad82 writes "Microsoft has recently launched two new phones known as the Kin One and Kin Two, previously codenamed 'Pink.' The phones are designed to appeal to social-networking-focused teens, which is probably why the marketing team has tried to spice up the packaging of the phones. According to a Microsoft official the phones are named Kin because they 'knit together ... kindred spirits.' The phones have a keyboard. The Kin One has a 5-megapixel camera, while the Kin Two's 8-megapixel camera can shoot 720p HD video. Both cameras include an LED flash. The One has a mono speaker, the Two's is stereo. One includes 4GB of on-board memory and the Two has 8GB. Both Kin phones have touch screens. According to the hands-on, the Kin phones are based on the same Windows CE core as Windows Phone 7, and they have an IE-based browser. These phones have no downloadable apps, no games, not even a calendar. They're not meant to be expandable smart phones; instead, very good messaging phones."
"very good messaging phones"... (Score:5, Informative)
...and yet, apparently, without any way to do IM (at least Wikipedia page and links there about them says so)
Seriously, WTF? I could understand their lack of expandability, software-wise (especially if the price is right), if the "social" package they provide is right (though by no means unique - see INQ phones). But no IM? How did that get through?
Re:"very good messaging phones"... (Score:1, Informative)
yupyup (Score:5, Informative)
Ars seemed to like them well enough. [arstechnica.com]
Re:Designed to Fail (Score:1, Informative)
Re:Kin? Pink? (Score:5, Informative)
This "kin" stuff is just blah.
Re:Kin? Pink? (Score:3, Informative)
It's "Windows Phone 7" now.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_Phone_7#Naming [wikipedia.org]
Re:Monad... (Score:3, Informative)
"Monad" -- a condition where you have a single (instead of paired) gonad, due to birth defect, accident, etc.
Re:Seriously? (Score:1, Informative)
No.