Comments on: Hands-on First Impressions of Microsoft's Kin Phones

By: Candy

Candy — Mon, 27 Dec 2010 02:45:06 +0000

I have a ? I recently bought this phone I like it but I found it b lack on basic things such as it doesn’t let me go back to my calls and see how many minutes I talked and also I can’t send videos stored already in da library, can’t delete ringtones
Or record sounds I like this phone but I find it hard to Manage

By: 5 Lessons Learned From the Microsoft Kin Debacle

5 Lessons Learned From the Microsoft Kin Debacle — Thu, 01 Jul 2010 20:32:22 +0000

[...] places. For one thing, updates from various social services can clutter up the display and cause focus issues for the user, as Om saw first-hand when reviewing the phones. Besides, phones with a social bent should allow [...]

By: racqueteer

racqueteer — Wed, 14 Apr 2010 21:02:39 +0000

Leave it to Microsoft to further their John Hodgman street-cred with a device aimed at teenagers that has no 3rd-party apps, is small when big is coming back in fashion, and has a noisy and cluttered interface that looks like Yahoo! circa 2005.

Throw a rock from Microsoft's Redmond HQ and you'll hit HTC, the company that's emerging as the best manufacturer in the smartphone market, and a company that actually understands their market. Their new EVO is a beauty.

By: Chris K

Chris K — Tue, 13 Apr 2010 19:49:15 +0000

Also would carry calendar info and have the features of a typical cheap cellphone, but interface would be much better and you could customize it anyway you wanted to in order to fit how used the thing ( in lieu of always going through tedious menus.)

Earth to cellphone makers! How come this phone doesn't exist yet? I don't even need wi-fi nor 3g.

By: Chris K

Chris K — Tue, 13 Apr 2010 19:46:04 +0000

IF you need a data plan then it seems like a fail to me.

That's because there is an iPhone at the $100 pricepoint and the expensive part of the iPhone is the plan not so much the phone.

It seems to me a phone like this Kin needs to come in cheap and be able to not have a data plan.

Personally I would love it if I could get a cheap cellphone that could sync with addressbook and iPhoto in an Apple like fashion and let me download whatever ring tones I wanted to after being hacked in GarageBand.

Possibly also do music and video, but really not necessary. If I want that I get a Touch or Zune or something. This way the price is kept cheap.

By: Steven

Steven — Tue, 13 Apr 2010 16:38:34 +0000

The reason they buy those phones is because a monthly data plan costs almost as much as the voice plan. Kins require data plans, making this both uncompetitive for a cheap phone, and uncompetitive vs a smartphone.

By: Steven

Steven — Tue, 13 Apr 2010 16:32:41 +0000

You don't buy a Blackberry because it's cheaper than iPhone. They are the same cost! Both require data plans, and iPhone starts at $99 with contract.

By: Steven

Steven — Tue, 13 Apr 2010 16:30:13 +0000

The Kin phones are hardly smartphones. Smartphones allow you to install software, which neither of the Kins allow.

By: itsagadget

itsagadget — Tue, 13 Apr 2010 15:48:59 +0000

I think this is a great chance for Microsoft to get all social junkies inside this new phone. We made a preview here, http://www.itsagadget.com/2010/04/the-next-step-into-social-is-microsoft-kin.html

By: AK

AK — Tue, 13 Apr 2010 15:28:34 +0000

100% agreed!!!