Archive for June, 2010

What killed the Kin?

While the news today that Microsoft has killed its troubled Kin line didn’t come as the craziest of surprises, it’s definitely left a lot of lingering questions about just what happened. Now we may have a little insight into what went wrong — and what might be in store down the road — thanks to a reliable source of ours who’s shared some news on Redmond’s inner turmoil.

Apparently, the troubles started long before the swirling Pink phone rumors (and way before the name Kin was ringing in our ears). According to our source, the birth of these devices began with a decision at Microsoft to create a platform agnostic, cloud-centric featurephone. A featurephone that could be had at a relatively low cost, and sold to a burgeoning market of teens and young adults who had little need for a BlackBerry-level device (or pricing). The first step in the project was acquiring Danger to leverage the work it had done with the Sidekick platform, and aligning with Verizon as a launch partner who could offer attractive pricing plans for the devices to a big pool… and here’s where the trouble begins.

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Microsoft merging KIN team with Windows Phone 7, cancels European KIN launch

Today Microsoft told CNET that it no longer has plans to sell its KIN ONE and KIN TWO devices in Europe, and that it will merge the existing KIN team into its Windows Phone 7 team.

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Review: T-Mobile GarminFone

Short version: A competent and useful, but ultimately limited handset. Recommended for GPS lovers, but not for Android lovers.

Features:

Dedicated Garmin Navigation function
3.5″ 320 x 480 display
Garmin “Breeze” interface
MSRP: $199 (incl. $50 rebate) with 2-year agreement (T-Mobile)

Pros:

Navigation is fantastic
Bright and responsive multi-touch screen
Breeze interface ain’t so bad

Cons:

Kind of chunky
Lack of many Android creature comforts such as [...]

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Premature Ejaculation Aided With Use of Hypnosis iPad App [IPad Apps]

It’s a serious condition, premature ejaculation, so I’ll have no sniggering in row two please commenters. For $5, British hypnotherapist Darren Marks will help you “take control of your mind and body and become a great lover.” More »










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Droid X ad pokes fun at iPhone 4 antenna troubles

The world of corporate cheap shots has today been enriched in its number with one supersized ad for one supersized phone. BGR reports that Motorola took out a full-page spread in the New York Times on this final day of June, which was ostensibly dedicated to promoting the positives of its mighty Droid X. But Moto has also followed in the footsteps of Nokia in making a not so subtle jab at the latest king of the smartphone realm. According to the ad, one of the most important things about the Droid X is that:

“It comes with a double antenna design. The kind that allows you to hold the phone any way you like and use it just about anywhere to make crystal clear calls.”

Glad we got that established — next Moto will be telling us the alarm clock on its phones works just fine too. Skip past the break for the untrimmed ad.

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