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Microsoft Has No Idea What To Do With The Kin
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| Redmond's mobile strategy has never looked
| more schizophrenic than it does now.
| Microsoft has no idea what to do with the
| Kin, or with WP7.
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http://www.i4u.com/article33951.html
Review: Do teens really want a Microsoft Kin?
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| I spent very little time myself with the Kin
| devices so I only have some basic impressions
| of using them. However, I agree with my
| middle daughter that the user interface can
| be a bit confusing and overwhelming at first.
| The menus and some other options are not
| always consistent across the devices and this
| surprised me a bit since the project has been
| under development for quite some time. With
| the social networking focus I was
| disappointed that richer Facebook, MySpace,
| and Twitter experiences were not present at
| launch. You can get a better experience with
| these services on the iPhone, Palm Pre
| Plus/Pixi Plus, Google Android devices, and
| other smartphones that are priced similarly
| to the Kin devices so I have yet to see any
| compelling reason for someone to buy a Kin.
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http://www.zdnet.com/blog/cell-phones/review-do-teens-really-want-a-microsoft-kin/3779
Kin Two targets young users -- but will they like it?
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| These days, it makes much more sense to buy a
| smartphone that has an SD card slot and
| allows app downloads. That's especially true
| since the Kins are going to have to compete
| with full-fledged smartphones such as theLG
| Ally, an Android-based smartphone that is
| being sold by Verizon online at the same
| price as the Kin Two. Granted, the 8-
| megapixel video camcorder in the Kin Two is a
| clear advantage over Ally's 3.2-megapixel
| camcorder, but that's not saying much,
| considering that that the Ally brings Android
| 2.1, with all its apps, to the table.
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http://www.businessweek.com/idg/2010-05-14/kin-two-targets-young-users-but-will-they-like-it-.html
Recent:
Mobile Linux OS eyes lower-cost cellphones
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| MontaVista has upgraded its Linux-based software platform for mobile
| phones. Mobilinux 4.1 supports lower-cost hardware, the company says,
| thanks to footprint improvements aimed at lessening DRAM and flash
| memory requirements. The OS includes advanced real-time capabilities,
| and is suitable for use on single-chipset, mass market phones,
| according to the company.
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http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS3930753667.html
Access Linux Platform: Tux for Your Phone Part II
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| In a previous article titled "Convergent Linux Platform: Tux for
| Your Phone," we looked at how Linux is slowly gaining popularity as an
| appropriate operating system for the mobile platform. Growing support
| from a large number of top-tier companies, such as Motorola, NEC, and
| Orange, further improves the future of Linux in mobile platforms.
|
| [...]
|
| According to an industry analyst, the market for mobile Linux devices
| is expected to grow from a shipment of 3.5 million units in 2005 to
| 28.1 million by the year 2010. A lot of big players like Motorola, Palm,
| NEC, Freescale, Samsung and DoCoMo are placing a huge bet on the mobile
| Linux platform.
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http://www.osweekly.com/rss/OSWeekly.com_Latest_Headlines.xml
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