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If they're cheap enough for kids/teens they'll probably dig them.
by akgerber 17y ago
If they're cheap enough for kids/teens they'll probably dig them.
- nowsourcing 17y agotrue, but can't imagine something that should be a phone and only does social stuff.
- byoung2 17y agoI agree...they'll take off if they're free with contract, or $50 max, and the unlimited data plans are cheaper than a typical smartphone (in the same way MetroPCS unlimited talk/text/web plans are $40 vs Sprint's $99 Simply Everything plan). About the cloud aspect, the most intriguing possibility for me is that if the Kin is like a gateway drug, when the teens are ready to move up to Windows 7, migration will be even less painless than connecting to iTunes on a PC or Mac. It also opens the possibility to continue conversations across platforms (e.g. XBox, Tablet, web, Zune, etc) and have them all in sync.
- rbanffy 17y agoWithout games? Without web? Unlikely.
- bmalicoat 17y agoThere is a web browser, near the end of this article is it mentioned: http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2362514,00.asp http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2362514,00.asp
- rbanffy 17y agoStill, it appears to be 3rd party software proof. Without farts, it does not exist in the teen crowd.
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- nailer 17y agoIndeed, no games (I missed this the first time I read the article): 'None of the apps that will be provided on the Windows Phone 7 App Store, which will debut this fall as well, will be able to run on the Kin without Microsoft recoding them, said Paul Patinios, Microsoft's brand manager for the Kin.' I think that's a big mistake - MS now has a compelling game case with XNA studio for Windows Phone 7. Stopping their own customers from playing them isn't wise.