You might think that someone at Microsoft is a big fan of Dr. Seuss; naming the new Windows Phones the “Kin One” and “Kin Two” certainly conjures up images of critters that would assist the Cat in the Hat in wreaking havoc on Sally and her brother’s house. But it’s really Kin as in kinship; people joined by common ancestry, or in a more tech-savvy sense, younger users joined by the common desire to share every bit of information they come in contact with via their smartphones. Certainly the two Kin phones bear no kinship to previous Windows Mobile handsets.
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The Kins: Academically Average, Socially Gifted
Posted by: Renay San Miguel May 27, 2010 05:00 AMYou might think that someone at Microsoft is a big fan of Dr. Seuss; naming the new Windows Phones the “Kin One” and “Kin Two” certainly conjures up images of critters that would assist the Cat in the Hat in wreaking havoc on Sally and her brother’s house. But it’s really Kin as in kinship; people joined by common ancestry, or in a more tech-savvy sense, younger users joined by the common desire to share every bit of information they come in contact with via their smartphones. Certainly the two Kin phones bear no kinship to previous Windows Mobile handsets.