04-12-2010, 11:43 PM
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Thinker
Join Date: Aug 2006
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Ok. This is a Microsoft device, right? This isn't a spoof or an April Fool's post, correct?
This is the second phone announcement in a row from Microsoft that has me excited. They really do get it after all. And they can keep secrets! And they can announce a product just before it is to appear in stores! Wow!
So far there hasn't been a wrong note on the Kin launch. The name is darn good. The UI clearly shares some roots with the WP7 but seems even more lively. The Kin Spot is very clever. And so is the Kin Studio.
I am way out of the supposed target market for this device, but I want one. I was pleased to see a statement from a Verizon rep that they felt parents (and grandparents like me) would love the device for posting pix and video of the family. That was exactly what I was thinking when I saw the product.
Check out the first unboxing of the Kin Two on the ZDNet site and you can see that as with the Zune, Microsoft has also remembered that packaging is part of the appeal of a product.
I await a review from the trusted Thoughts team, but so far this appears to be another potential hit from Microsoft. (And given all the crap it is getting from iPhone and Android users on other sites, they must realize that too.)
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