Microsoft Unveils 'Pink' Phones As Kin One and Two 278
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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.