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Microsoft Kin – first review

Engadget’s review:

“In the end, we’re left with two orphan devices — phones that feel like they should have been killed before they made it to market, but somehow slipped through. It’s clear to us from conversations we’ve had with Microsoft that there are people at the company with good ideas about what phones should and shouldn’t do, but we don’t feel the Kin is representative of those ideas. The execution (or lack thereof) on these products makes us legitimately concerned about what the company will do with Windows Phone 7.”

Gizmodo review:

“The Kins have an audience, a sense of style, and—a rarity from Microsoft—a coherent philosophy. They’re precocious feature phones, with actual potential. So why are they priced like smartphones?

As a dumbphone killer, the Kin is an easy pitch. As a smartphone competitor, it’s hopeless.”

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Project Pink “Pure” phone is real

It looks like Engadget and Gizmodo have found some more info and blurry cam pictures of the “Pure” phone said to be one of the results of Microsoft’s Danger aquisition. There are also a few screenshots on Engadget courtesy of Conflipper on Twitter. Also rumored: The UI is “hectic and colorful.”

Today PocketNow.com received a dump of files from the Project Pink ROM that gives us some screenshots and other system files that give us more information about the new product from Microsoft.

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LG Panther – the first Windows Phone 7 Series device

The latest rumors about this Windows Phone 7 phone -  the name of the LG device shown at the Engadget Show would be called the LG Panther.

First Windows Phone 7 Series device it’s from LG

The Engadget Show is currently streaming live and Aaron Woodman from Microsoft has just shown off the first Windows Phone 7 Series from LG! Take a look at some images below. It’s a side sliding QWERTY device with a super thin form factor, but there is no specs yet (we keep waiting). You can watch the stream live from here.