We warned you they would be back – and look who just swaggered into town today, as if they never even got killed off by Microsoft. Should’ve picked better aliases, though – Kin ONEm and Kin TWOm is just plain weird.
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And here is what Microsoft Kin looks like. The interface is very Motoblur-like – and a bit sluggish. It’s definitely underpowered enough for you to think that the phone is slow, but not so much that it’s totally unusable.
Microsoft’s Project Pink – sorry, Kin – in a sentence: It’s the phone I’d beg my mum for if I was 15 again. And didn’t want an iPhone.
