Microsoft has announced their phone the KIN 1 and KIN 2. Formerly know as Project Pink this is a device that is specifically designed to “navigate your social life”.

“My phone is my lifeline. My social glue. My next of kin.”

Microsoft explains why the KIN is special in that “it is a socially aware phone, based on Windows Phone 7, and cloud service. This combination not only makes it effortless for you to capture and share your social moments, but also have them backed up for safe keeping and easy retrieval.”

Also this device connects to Microsoft’s music store Zune and shares many of the Zune’s features such as the browser. Another up side are the 5 and 8 megapixel cameras that come with the KIN 1 and KIN 2 respectively.

Up to this point it seems that finally Microsoft has gotten some features right to make the KIN a success.

Now lets talk about what the KIN can’t do. Flash isn’t supported though which is a bit of a deception. What is quite surprising and  the real clincher though is that it can’t download apps ??!! It seems that this option is blocked. Probably because in the near future Zune music store will want to be doing that. Still this is a feeble… very feeble attempt to do what Apple has done so well namely to make a closed circuit eco-system.

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