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Why Microsoft’s Kin Could Be Huge
- jfoutz 17y agoDon't forget the pocket inversion rule. You can only carry around so much stuff, so the stuff tends to be multi purpose. Swiss army knives and tricorders and such.
- gamble 17y agoStrikes me as a few years too late to be competitive with full-fledged smartphones. I'm also a bit wary of any product marketed toward people who "don't need" a fully-capable device. Kin might do well if it was targeted at the younger "pay-as-you-go" customers who're still stuck with feature phones.
- kenjackson 17y agoRemember that most kids don't have iPhones, Droids, or Pres. It's most EnVs or Raves still. Basically texting phones, because you can get plans that are $30/month cheaper than the Droid or iPhone. Now $30/month to you and me seems like noise on a tip for a night out, but for a lot of people this is a big deal. These people aren't deciding between a Kin and a Droid. But rather between a Kin and a Samsung Rogue. Now if MS can own the 3G Multimedia market in the same way iPhone picked up the smartphone market on ATT then things get really interesting.
- aresant 17y agoProviding "tweens" & young teens with a phone that does 90% of what they use their computers for at a price they can convince their parents to spend is a good formula. Where I remember the Sidekick killing it was on the marketing - they paired up with trendy brands and sold through all sorts of retail partnerships and channels. Put together a phone with the right features, at a price parents can love, and could be a sleeper hit.