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.”