Comments on: Why I like Kin http://www.slashgear.com/why-i-like-kin-2883490/ Feeding Your Gadget and Tech Obsessions Fri, 22 Jun 2012 18:00:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: Freemanshawnay http://www.slashgear.com/why-i-like-kin-2883490/#comment-119505 Freemanshawnay Fri, 24 Jun 2011 04:45:00 +0000 http://www.slashgear.com/?p=83490#comment-119505 How do you forward messages on the kin twom

]]> By: Olivia http://www.slashgear.com/why-i-like-kin-2883490/#comment-103951 Olivia Thu, 07 Apr 2011 00:49:00 +0000 http://www.slashgear.com/?p=83490#comment-103951 As a teenage college student, I can’t afford to buy a smartphone, the regular bill that goes with it AND the data plan that’s mandatory for the phone to work to its full potential. I love what microsoft has done and can’t wait to get my hands on it.

]]> By: dieselm http://www.slashgear.com/why-i-like-kin-2883490/#comment-63089 dieselm Thu, 29 Apr 2010 18:54:23 +0000 http://www.slashgear.com/?p=83490#comment-63089 On the marketing issue, intuitively you’d think there would be more specialization as the market expands. However, Apple has basically covered the mass market with a single phone. With iPhone, the specialization is done by the selection of Apps. The iphone seems to work well for both the most hardened techie, the soccer mom, and the teenager/hipster all the same. At Coachella this year, the most surprising thing to me was the number of young people with Android phones.

The price is going to be key. With android phones and iphones available at $99 or less w/ contract, it’s hard to see how Kin is going to make a dent unless it’s basically super cheap or free.

]]> By: MikalFM http://www.slashgear.com/why-i-like-kin-2883490/#comment-63087 MikalFM Thu, 29 Apr 2010 16:08:21 +0000 http://www.slashgear.com/?p=83490#comment-63087 Couldn’t agree more on the importance of the Marketing. I happen to like the Kin also (is it ‘the Kin’, ‘Kin’, ‘Microsoft Kin”?)
I’m actually surprisingly impressed by their social media campaign- compelled me to write a full report on it, if you’re into geeky social media analysis you might find it intriguing as well: http://www.qworky.com/blog/2010/04/what-you-can-learn-from-microsoft-kin-social-media-2/

]]> By: Chris Davies http://www.slashgear.com/why-i-like-kin-2883490/#comment-63077 Chris Davies Thu, 29 Apr 2010 14:00:52 +0000 http://www.slashgear.com/?p=83490#comment-63077 Definitely agree – while the geeks might get caught up in smartphone enthusiasm, there’s a huge market for featurephone-style devices that Microsoft can tap into. Less glamorous, perhaps, but still lucrative.

]]> By: Anand Srinivasan http://www.slashgear.com/why-i-like-kin-2883490/#comment-63073 Anand Srinivasan Thu, 29 Apr 2010 12:12:35 +0000 http://www.slashgear.com/?p=83490#comment-63073 Well said..I just guess Microsoft is trying to position themselves in the feature-phone segment when everybody and his mom is trying to build an iPhone killer..Business wise, it makes a lot of sense..

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