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		<title>Microsoft axes Courier-creating Pioneer Studios</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 20 May 2011 07:35:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris Davies</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Microsoft has shuttered its Pioneer Studios consumer electronics operation, a skunkworks project the company had hoped would enable it to develop innovative technologies and products. Responsible for the Microsoft Courier concept, the KIN phones and various chunks of Windows Phone 7, Xbox and Zune, CNET reports, Pioneer Studios had been led my ex-Entertainment and Device  <p><a href="http://www.slashgear.com/microsoft-axes-courier-creating-pioneer-studios-20153247/" class="more-link">Read The Full Story</a>]]></description>
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		<title>KIN Studio shutting down as Verizon pulls plug in January 2011</title>
		<link>http://www.slashgear.com/kin-studio-shutting-down-as-verizon-pulls-plug-in-january-2011-13119148/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Dec 2010 14:05:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris Davies</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Microsoft&#8217;s KIN handsets may have scored a reprieve of sorts at Verizon last month, but it seems the carrier is still on course to shut down most of what made the tweens&#8217; smartphones special. According to WPCentral, as of January 31 2011 the KIN Studio will close permanently; that means all of the OTA functionality  <p><a href="http://www.slashgear.com/kin-studio-shutting-down-as-verizon-pulls-plug-in-january-2011-13119148/" class="more-link">Read The Full Story</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Microsoft KIN ONEm and TWOm get second chance at Verizon</title>
		<link>http://www.slashgear.com/microsoft-kin-onem-and-twom-get-second-chance-at-verizon-18114795/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Nov 2010 09:38:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris Davies</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As rumored, Microsoft&#8217;s ill-fated KIN cellphones have made a second appearance at Verizon, this time branded as the KIN ONEm and KIN TWOm and bearing far more affordable data plans. The KIN ONEm is priced at $19.99, while the KIN TWOm is $49.99; data plans will eventually start from $9.99 for 25MB per month. So  <p><a href="http://www.slashgear.com/microsoft-kin-onem-and-twom-get-second-chance-at-verizon-18114795/" class="more-link">Read The Full Story</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Microsoft KIN gets second chance on Verizon</title>
		<link>http://www.slashgear.com/microsoft-kin-gets-second-chance-on-verizon-12113721/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Nov 2010 09:09:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris Davies</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Microsoft&#8217;s KIN was arguably scuppered by Verizon&#8217;s insistence on pairing the starter-smartphone with a mandatory full-price data plan; customers weren&#8217;t convinced, and the KIN ONE and KIN TWO were pulled from shelves in July. Now, it seems, Verizon is giving the KIN a second chance; according to a device overview from the carrier leaked to PPCGeeks,  <p><a href="http://www.slashgear.com/microsoft-kin-gets-second-chance-on-verizon-12113721/" class="more-link">Read The Full Story</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Windows Phone 7 &amp; what it means for Teens</title>
		<link>http://www.slashgear.com/windows-phone-7-what-it-means-for-teens-12107577/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 12 Oct 2010 18:15:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chaim Gartenberg</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[So, Microsoft had a big Windows Phone 7 event this week in NYC, announcing several actual phones, with the internet exploding in a wave of first takes, reviews, and opinions of the new platform. To add something a little new though, here’s my take as to how Windows Phone 7 might play out for teenagers.  <p><a href="http://www.slashgear.com/windows-phone-7-what-it-means-for-teens-12107577/" class="more-link">Read The Full Story</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Verizon CEO: Microsoft is not a major player in mobile</title>
		<link>http://www.slashgear.com/verizon-ceo-microsoft-is-not-a-major-player-in-mobile-08106610/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 08 Oct 2010 09:54:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris Davies</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Verizon has already confirmed it won&#8217;t be bothering with Windows Phone 7 until sometime in 2011; now the carrier&#8217;s CEO has dismissed the new Microsoft smartphone platform from contention as a key player.  Asked by CNET whether Verizon saw Microsoft as a major player in mobile, Lowell McAdam said no, and admitted that &#8220;Microsoft is not at  <p><a href="http://www.slashgear.com/verizon-ceo-microsoft-is-not-a-major-player-in-mobile-08106610/" class="more-link">Read The Full Story</a>]]></description>
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		<title>KIN cost Microsoft over $240m and ate up Xbox profits</title>
		<link>http://www.slashgear.com/kin-cost-microsoft-over-240m-and-ate-up-xbox-profits-2395090/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Jul 2010 08:51:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris Davies</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Decent financial performance aside, there was one thorn in Microsoft&#8217;s paw during the company&#8217;s results call and that was the KIN write-off.  With the handsets themselves ousted from Verizon stores and sales frozen, all that was left was to figure out how much of the company&#8217;s cash had been wasted overall.  Without development costs, Microsoft  <p><a href="http://www.slashgear.com/kin-cost-microsoft-over-240m-and-ate-up-xbox-profits-2395090/" class="more-link">Read The Full Story</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Verizon&#8217;s unsold KIN being returned today; websales frozen</title>
		<link>http://www.slashgear.com/verizons-unsold-kin-being-returned-today-websales-frozen-1894300/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 18 Jul 2010 10:16:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris Davies</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[If you were still harboring desires for a Microsoft KIN of your own, act fast.  According to two sources speaking to WMExperts, Verizon are freezing sales and sending back all remaining stock today, Sunday July 18th.  Having axed the feature-phone project &#8211; targeted at a &#8220;Generation Upload&#8221; teen market that didn&#8217;t seem particularly inclined to  <p><a href="http://www.slashgear.com/verizons-unsold-kin-being-returned-today-websales-frozen-1894300/" class="more-link">Read The Full Story</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Kin fallout continues: only 503 sold tips insider, red faces all round at Microsoft</title>
		<link>http://www.slashgear.com/kin-fallout-continues-only-503-sold-tips-insider-red-faces-all-round-at-microsoft-0893288/</link>
		<comments>http://www.slashgear.com/kin-fallout-continues-only-503-sold-tips-insider-red-faces-all-round-at-microsoft-0893288/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Jul 2010 09:30:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris Davies</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In the aftermath of Kin&#8217;s demise, details of the mis-management and general botched effort continue to seep out of Microsoft.  Business Insider quotes an anonymous Microsoft employee who says there&#8217;s &#8220;embarrassment all over campus from the rank and file about the Kin announcement&#8221; while John Gruber has heard that Verizon sold a grand total of  <p><a href="http://www.slashgear.com/kin-fallout-continues-only-503-sold-tips-insider-red-faces-all-round-at-microsoft-0893288/" class="more-link">Read The Full Story</a>]]></description>
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		<title>The Daily Slash: July 2nd 2010</title>
		<link>http://www.slashgear.com/the-daily-slash-july-2nd-2010-0292716/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 03 Jul 2010 03:49:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Evan Selleck</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[By now, you&#8217;re probably already well into your fourth of July celebration. If not, you&#8217;re already behind the curve, so start celebrating your long weekend! Most of you probably don&#8217;t have work on Monday, so go ahead and take the time to relax &#8212; you deserve it. We&#8217;ll try and help you out tonight, in  <p><a href="http://www.slashgear.com/the-daily-slash-july-2nd-2010-0292716/" class="more-link">Read The Full Story</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Microsoft KIN Officially Canned by Microsoft</title>
		<link>http://www.slashgear.com/microsoft-kin-officially-canned-by-microsoft-3092441/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Jun 2010 21:55:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Evan Selleck</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The reviews for the KIN devices, both the Kin One and Kin Two, weren&#8217;t the best on the market. However, while the main draw might not have been the hardware, or even its features, the big strike against the devices was that the data plan that was forcefully applied to them was simply too high.  <p><a href="http://www.slashgear.com/microsoft-kin-officially-canned-by-microsoft-3092441/" class="more-link">Read The Full Story</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Verizon slash KIN pricing; new firmware due this summer</title>
		<link>http://www.slashgear.com/verizon-slash-kin-pricing-new-firmware-due-this-summer-2992033/</link>
		<comments>http://www.slashgear.com/verizon-slash-kin-pricing-new-firmware-due-this-summer-2992033/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Jun 2010 08:55:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris Davies</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Verizon has quietly slashed pricing for the Microsoft KIN handsets, bringing the pebble-shaped KIN One down to $29.99 from its previous $49.99 pricing and the larger KIN Two halved in price from $99.99 to $49.99.  The move follows criticism of the featurephone/smartphone devices together with apparently disappointing sales figures; Microsoft is yet to confirm any  <p><a href="http://www.slashgear.com/verizon-slash-kin-pricing-new-firmware-due-this-summer-2992033/" class="more-link">Read The Full Story</a>]]></description>
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		<title>The Daily Slash: June 18th 2010</title>
		<link>http://www.slashgear.com/the-daily-slash-june-18th-2010-1890562/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 19 Jun 2010 04:48:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Evan Selleck</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Well, here we are. At the end of the week, looking ahead to the weekend. Two days of good, old-fashioned relaxation. Unless you have to work. Then, well, ignore all of that. Either way though, welcome to tonight&#8217;s edition of The Daily Slash. While we&#8217;re not going to officially give it a nickname, but you  <p><a href="http://www.slashgear.com/the-daily-slash-june-18th-2010-1890562/" class="more-link">Read The Full Story</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Just 500 Microsoft Kin phones sold claims source</title>
		<link>http://www.slashgear.com/just-500-microsoft-kin-phones-sold-claims-source-1890502/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Jun 2010 18:15:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris Davies</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[We&#8217;ll admit, we weren&#8217;t entirely convinced by Microsoft&#8217;s KIN smartphones &#8211; their patchy specs and expensive Verizon smartphone tariffs didn&#8217;t add up to a particularly compelling range &#8211; but Business Insider&#8216;s current rumor that the company has sold just 500 devices doesn&#8217;t quite ring true.  They aren&#8217;t saying where that figure came from, though they  <p><a href="http://www.slashgear.com/just-500-microsoft-kin-phones-sold-claims-source-1890502/" class="more-link">Read The Full Story</a>]]></description>
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		<title>GenUpload: Two weeks with KIN</title>
		<link>http://www.slashgear.com/genupload-two-weeks-with-kin-2186581/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 21 May 2010 17:02:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chaim Gartenberg</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A few weeks back, I wrote my first impressions of Microsoft’s new KIN phones, and their appeal specifically to the different way teenagers use cellphones. But understanding the intent of the KIN and a few hours of testing wasn’t really enough to get a real picture of how well it would actually work as a  <p><a href="http://www.slashgear.com/genupload-two-weeks-with-kin-2186581/" class="more-link">Read The Full Story</a>]]></description>
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		<title>The Fate of Windows Phone 7</title>
		<link>http://www.slashgear.com/the-fate-of-windows-phone-7-1886004/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 18 May 2010 19:13:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ben Bajarin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[With the KIN entering the market, HP&#8217;s acquisition of Palm, and a number of other industry events, I have been asked quite a bit about Microsoft&#8217;s chances of success with Windows Phone 7. Microsoft is losing traction in this market rapidly and is in desperate need of strategy that will keep their operating system competitive  <p><a href="http://www.slashgear.com/the-fate-of-windows-phone-7-1886004/" class="more-link">Read The Full Story</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Verizon KIN One and KIN Two on sale now</title>
		<link>http://www.slashgear.com/verizon-kin-one-and-kin-two-on-sale-now-0684607/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 06 May 2010 12:10:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris Davies</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Are you a member of GenUpload?  Are you &#8211; or your parents &#8211; sufficiently loaded to afford a $69.98 monthly agreement for two years?  Then you&#8217;ll be pleased to hear that Verizon have put the KIN One and KIN Two up for preorder, priced at $49.99 and $99.99 with a new, two year contract.  If  <p><a href="http://www.slashgear.com/verizon-kin-one-and-kin-two-on-sale-now-0684607/" class="more-link">Read The Full Story</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Verizon Kin due May 13th; presales this Thursday</title>
		<link>http://www.slashgear.com/verizon-kin-due-may-13th-presales-this-thursday-0384007/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 03 May 2010 08:04:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris Davies</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Microsoft&#8217;s Kin featurephone launch has found itself with a few solid release dates on Verizon, after details from the carrier&#8217;s internal systems apparently leaked.  According to those screenshots, both the Kin One and Kin Two will go up for pre-order online come May 6th 2010 &#8211; Thursday this week &#8211; while the two devices will  <p><a href="http://www.slashgear.com/verizon-kin-due-may-13th-presales-this-thursday-0384007/" class="more-link">Read The Full Story</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Microsoft’s Kin and the emergence of featurephone data tiers</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Apr 2010 14:35:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Avi Greengart</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As I was in the middle of writing this month&#8217;s column on Microsoft&#8217;s Kin, SlashGear editor Chris Davies sent me a draft of Michael Gartenberg&#8217;s column on&#8230; Microsoft&#8217;s Kin. I was relieved to see that there wasn’t too much overlap; Michael’s column is on the Kin’s target market, and I’m focusing on changing carrier pricing  <p><a href="http://www.slashgear.com/microsoft%e2%80%99s-kin-and-the-emergence-of-featurephone-data-tiers-2983666/" class="more-link">Read The Full Story</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Why I like Kin</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Apr 2010 14:55:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael Gartenberg</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Recently, Microsoft unveiled a new mobile platform and two new devices built for it. It&#8217;s called Kin and it&#8217;s targeted at a younger demographic with a focus on social communication. It&#8217;s also been one of the most controversial releases I&#8217;ve ever seen. Many folks who&#8217;ve weighed in on the topic weren&#8217;t too impressed. They cite  <p><a href="http://www.slashgear.com/why-i-like-kin-2883490/" class="more-link">Read The Full Story</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Microsoft Kin ROMs tip AT&amp;T, T-Mobile &amp; other carrier support</title>
		<link>http://www.slashgear.com/microsoft-kin-roms-tip-att-t-mobile-other-carrier-support-2883428/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Apr 2010 10:48:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris Davies</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Microsoft were upfront about their plans to launch their new Kin One and Kin Two featurephones not only on Verizon in the US but on Vodafone in Europe, but it looks like multiple other carriers are also in line for the QWERTY handsets.  According to ROM-tinkerer Conflipper, and his excavations through system provisioning files pulled  <p><a href="http://www.slashgear.com/microsoft-kin-roms-tip-att-t-mobile-other-carrier-support-2883428/" class="more-link">Read The Full Story</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Kin One &amp; Kin Two hands-on [Video]</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Apr 2010 18:31:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Vincent Nguyen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[We&#8217;re not sure whether we count as part of &#8220;Generation Upload&#8221;, but after Microsoft&#8217;s Kin One and Kin Two feature-phones were announced we grabbed some hands-on time with the two devices.  It&#8217;s clear that the focus of the handsets is resolutely consumer, the youth market &#8211; who might usually go for a Sidekick &#8211; in  <p><a href="http://www.slashgear.com/kin-one-kin-two-hands-on-video-1281307/" class="more-link">Read The Full Story</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Microsoft Kin One and Kin Two official</title>
		<link>http://www.slashgear.com/microsoft-kin-one-and-kin-two-official-1281278/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Apr 2010 17:09:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris Davies</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Microsoft&#8217;s Project Pink has finally matured into a couple of official devices, and if you were expecting a Zune phone then you might be a little surprised. The Microsoft Kin One and Kin Two &#8211; formerly known as the &#8220;Turtle&#8221; and &#8220;Pure&#8221; &#8211; are being positioned as feature phones for &#8220;Generation Upload&#8221;, with an emphasis  <p><a href="http://www.slashgear.com/microsoft-kin-one-and-kin-two-official-1281278/" class="more-link">Read The Full Story</a>]]></description>
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