Two Kins, Two Strikes?

Microsoft’s new mobile devices, Kin One and Kin Two, are aimed right at the lucrative teen segment of cell phone users. With a stylish design and some interesting new features, one reviewer was smitten. After reading, I’ll admit that I started to think Microsoft had made a winner, or at the least, a contender, in mobile technology. Long battery life, cloud connection as a standard feature, cool little shape.

Other critics, though, were more…critical, citing poor software and expensive monthly plans as reasons to overlook these offerings. OK, so maybe they’re not looking as good as I thought.

Still, hats off to Microsoft for being bold and trying.

I’m guessing though, that the company will not get the traction of this phone, or this one, or this one, or…

Ah, the fickle public, the growing list of technical abilities needed to capture the attention of busy geeks, and the high bar set by the iPhone. And I have to wonder: Where will mobile devices be in five years?

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