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Strikes 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
by gamble 17y ago
Strikes 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.