| Microsoft has moved to launch its new range of | | | | Not only is this latest Microsoft smartphone a great |
| smartphones with the aim of snaring a greater share | | | | way to showcase its brand new Windows Mobile 7 |
| of the social networking generation. The new Kin One | | | | operating system, it is also set to try and fill the void |
| and Kin Two handsets will be hitting the shelves in the | | | | left by the Palm Pre to which it bares a canny |
| UK during the autumn. | | | | resemblance. |
| From pictures of the handsets it is clear that the | | | | As mobile and web experts continue to predict that |
| Microsoft Kin One and Kin Two have been designed | | | | consumers will use mobile smartphone devices as |
| specifically with the younger generation in mind. The | | | | opposed to desktops and laptops for internet access, |
| smartphones boast both touch screen and QWERTY | | | | Microsoft aims to inch ahead in the marketplace. |
| keypad features to facilitate speedy access to social | | | | Microsoft has complete control over the Kin One and |
| networks and direct connection to Microsoft's very | | | | Kin Two handsets, including their software, online |
| own music service. | | | | applications and hardware. |
| The Microsoft Kin One and Kin Two allows users to | | | | The difference between the Kin One and Kin Two is |
| simultaneously update all of their social network | | | | that the former is a 'lite' version, with a 5.0 megapixel |
| accounts as well as boasting a feature allowing users | | | | digital camera and smaller interface, while the Kin Two |
| to share media across Twitter, Facebook, or | | | | boasts a crisp 8.0 megapixel camera with the ability to |
| MySpace. | | | | take video in high definition. |