Microsoft Kin
12:31 PM: No details on when the devices will be available, nor about pricing. Will only commit to "May."
12:30 PM: Kin is for photo- and video-obsessed people. Ha. Nicely said, Verizon Wireless!
12:30 PM: Verizon is providing the 3G, funny how the guy said "share from anywhere in the country." In other words, Kin1 and Kin2 won't work outside the U.S.
12:29 PM: Verizon wanted something truly unique, calling Kin built from the ground up and used to change the way we communicate with friends and family.
12:28 PM: MSFT is now talking about its partners in bringing Kin to the market. Verizon Wireless is now on stage.
12:27 PM: Derek wrapping up his part of the presentation. MSFT is really excited about the way KIN will help share our lives.
12:25 PM: User can easily jump to a specific day, week, or month to see what they shared, including SMS/MMS, Tweets, Facebook updates, etc.
12:25 PM: Kin's web-based client is really cool, and the timeline feature lets users easily see how and where they've posted content.
12:23 PM: Everything on Kin is about sharing. Drag-to-share, or upload to favorites sites.
12:23 PM: Microsoft is making a big deal about having a good flash on both the Kin1 and Kin2, says the flash is 8x brighter than any other flash.
12:21 PM: FIRST WINDOWS PHONE TO SHIP WITH ZUNE! There, MSFT said it.
12:21 PM: Search covers the phone, the web, and 'near me'. It helps to organize events, and can notify friends on other platforms (even feature phones) so they can see invites and see where they are going.
12:20 PM: MSFT says that it has made the browser as social as possible. Items in the browser can be dragged to the Kin Spot, and that information shared with friends.
12:19 PM: Kin lets people prioritize favorites so they see the content from their closest friends first.
12:18 PM: It lets people update stuff to social networks, and also via IM, and email from the Loop.
12:18 PM: The little green spot is called the "Kin Spot". It is where you share stuff for the Loop function.
12:17 PM: They polled users and challenged them to give up their phones for a weekend and write everything down this did in a weekend rather than tweet it, etc.
12:16 PM: Not just a grid of applications, latest social networks are available.
12:15 PM: Derek Snyder is up now to introduce Kin! Kin is to help people navigate their social lives.
12:12 PM: MSFT considers Windows Phone 7 to be a wider offering for a broader audience. The Kin platform is really for the social group.
12:11 PM: How do you bring a multi-screen experience that encompasses everything that's important to a phone?
12:11 PM: People what to share share share. 3B photos shared on FaceBook every months, 5B pieces of content shared every week. Called lifecasting. This audience actually cares about technology, and expect it to work on all sorts of devices.
12:09 PM: Microsoft has taken the stage and is basically talking about Friends, Friends, and Friends. It believes people really want to share and see what others are sharing.
11:03 AM: Confirmed partners for today's MS event: Verizon, Sharp, Vodafone.
10:28 AM: Tune in right here at 1pm Eastern (10am Pacific) for our live coverage of today's big Microsoft announcement.
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