Apr 10
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Microsoft Kin-New Pink Slider Phones
Microsoft Kin is the latest offering by the Microsoft in attempt to kickstart their slow paced phone sales which have been left behind in the competition since the introduction of iPhone and Droid phones. The Kin series which boast of two models named aptly the Microsoft Kin One and Microsoft Kin Two are high up on the demand of mobile users all over the world solely due to the hype generated around these phones a year back by the company. The phones were earlier given the nicknames of ‘turtle pink’ for Kin One and ‘pure’ for Kin Two. The shiny glossy finish on its curvaceous body adds character to Microsoft Kin. In addition, Microsoft has launched these phones keeping in mind the growing needs of social networking amongst mobile users. Younger crowd will appreciate this phone truly.
Both Microsoft Kin One and Microsoft Kin Two feature QWERTY keypad and QVGA touch screen display. The built in FM and Zune media player enhances its competitiveness by manifolds. Also, exclusively for MAC users there is an application for downloading music from your music system into the phone. While Kin One posses a 5 megapixel camera, Kin Two presents a 8 megapixel camera. Both of them come with LED flash attached. The internal memory built in both the pink slider phones is also commendable with 4GB in Kin One and 8 GB in Kin Two. Same goes for the recording as well, wherein standard video recording is available for Kin One and HD video recording for Kin Two.
Microsoft has also introduced three new social medial friendly applications i.e. Loop, Spot, Studio.
Loop- It provides an interlink connection with facebook, twitter and myspace under just one place.
Spot- It provides sandbox sharing of text messages, photos, videos, location and even status updates with all your friends.
Studio- It is a cloud based service that backs up the text messages, contacts, photos, videos, call history etc to the cloud server in an automated version.
Microsoft Kin One is quite tiny in size as compared to the Microsoft Kin Two who is bulky with a wide screen display that gives you a full QWERTY keypad experience. All in all, the new Microsoft Phones are here to stay!
