When speaking of smart phones, it is more likely that names like iPhone, Blackberry will come to mind. Microsoft which until recently dominated the sector with phones running its operating system, has never been seen itself as a house name when it comes to the actual hardware. But the computer operating system giant has been lately redirecting its focus in the smart phones business and has recently come up with two products that received high marks from reviewers.
The products in question are the Kin One and Kin Two smart phones that arrived on the market May 13 and are offered exclusively by Verizon Wireless.
They are priced at $50 and $100 respectively after a $100 mail-in rebate and a two year contract .
According to the Wall Street Journal who has reviewed them, the Kin phones come with some neat features such as a "2.6-inch square touch screen that responds to gestures like swiping, pinching, double tapping, dragging and dropping."
But according to the Wall Street Journal, the most interesting feature of the Kin smartphones, is their connection with Kin Studio, "an online repository for activities performed with the devices, laid out in a timely fashion."
What sets the Kin Studio apart, is the fact that it acts like a time machine for your phone by storing everything you do with the phone, Online in your private personal space. The cool part is that all the storing and archiving of all your activities, is done automatically with no input at all from the user. All pictures and videos captured with the phone, appear on your personal space five minutes afterwards. Even your contacts , phone calls and text messages are stored and archived automatically. And this may be the icing on the cake, all your data is accessible from any Internet connected computer from anywhere in the world regardless where your Kin phone is. You access your personal account using a password and username chosen when you first set up the phone right after purchase.
For more, see WSJ.com
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Thanks for the great coverage of the KIN! I just wanted to stop by and let you and your readers know that you can go to KIN.com to learn more about the KIN and follow along with 'The Journey' on our Facebook page to see the KIN in action. Feel free to send any questions you might have about the KIN my way, I would be more than happy to help.
Thanks,
Todd
Kin Outreach Team
Todd_KinOutreach@hotmail.com
http://www.facebook.com/KIN
http://twitter.com/KIN
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