{"id":524997,"date":"2010-04-12T17:32:36","date_gmt":"2010-04-12T21:32:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wmpoweruser.com\/?p=15307"},"modified":"2010-04-12T17:32:36","modified_gmt":"2010-04-12T21:32:36","slug":"another-kin-two-and-kin-studio-hands-on-video","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/524997","title":{"rendered":"Another Kin Two and Kin Studio hands-on video"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><object width=\"630\" height=\"385\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/uSBwlGFqS64&amp;color1=0xb1b1b1&amp;color2=0xcfcfcf&amp;hl=en_US&amp;feature=player_embedded&amp;fs=1\"><\/param><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\"><\/param><param name=\"allowScriptAccess\" value=\"always\"><\/param><embed src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/uSBwlGFqS64&amp;color1=0xb1b1b1&amp;color2=0xcfcfcf&amp;hl=en_US&amp;feature=player_embedded&amp;fs=1\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" allowScriptAccess=\"always\" width=\"630\" height=\"385\"><\/embed><\/object><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/phonescoop.com\" >Phonescoop.com<\/a> have published this hands-on video of the 8 megapixel Kin Two in action.&#160; <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.zdnet.com\/microsoft\/?p=5867\" >Mary Jo Foley<\/a> reports that the device is devoid of an app store, with none planned either and applications will only be added with each update sent OTA by Microsoft.<\/p>\n<p>Apparently Microsoft developed the experience after interviewing 50 000 people, even before purchasing Danger, and the device contains absolutely no Danger code at all.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.informationweek.com\/blog\/main\/archives\/2010\/04\/first_impressio_8.html;jsessionid=GGGYVS4MLFWPZQE1GHRSKHWATMY32JVN\" >InformationWeek<\/a> noted the device is missing basic features such as a calendar, and despite being the Sidekick successor lacks IM also, which I believe is actually the biggest omission for a socially-aware device. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.zdnet.com\/microsoft\/?p=5876&amp;tag=col1;post-5876\" >Roz Ho also revealed to ZDNet<\/a> that \u201cOver time, expect to see a lot of alignment\u201d among Windows Phone 7 and Kin, but declined to say if Kin features will show up in Windows Phone 7 or vice versa. She also hinted that other OEM\u2019s other than Sharp may make Kin phones, and the devices will not be Microsoft branded. \u201cThis (Kin) is another Windows Phone,\u201d Ho said.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.forbes.com\/velocity\/2010\/04\/12\/microsoft-targets-social-teens-with-new-kin-phones\/\" >Forbes<\/a> reveals the real difference between this device and <a href=\"http:\/\/wmpoweruser.com\/?tag=windows-phone-7-series\" >Windows Phone 7<\/a>: According to Robbie Bach &quot;<em>Windows Phone 7 is about simplifying peoples&#8217; lives, this social phone is about amplifying their lives<\/em>,&quot;. <\/p>\n<p>If our readers can parse that enigmatic statement, explain it to the rest of us below.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><script type=\"text\/javascript\"><!--\ngoogle_ad_client = \"pub-6210711459792056\";\n\/* 336x280, created 1\/7\/09 *\/\ngoogle_ad_slot = \"0551502062\";\ngoogle_ad_width = 336;\ngoogle_ad_height = 280;\n\/\/-->\n<\/script><br \/>\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\"\nsrc=\"http:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/show_ads.js\">\n<\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Phonescoop.com have published this hands-on video of the 8 megapixel Kin Two in action.&#160; Mary Jo Foley reports that the device is devoid of an app store, with none planned either and applications will only be added with each update sent OTA by Microsoft. Apparently Microsoft developed the experience after interviewing 50 000 people, even [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6200,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-524997","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/524997","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6200"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=524997"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/524997\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=524997"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=524997"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=524997"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}