Microsoft Kin: everything you ever wanted to know

For as long as Windows Mobile 6.x overstayed its welcome, Microsoft seems to be doing what it can to launch a full-out assault on the mobile battlefield — first with Windows Phone 7, and now less than a month later with Kin. As we were reminded ad nauseam at the unveiling, the pair of devices — dubbed Kin One and Kin Two — aren’t for the tech enthusiasts in the crowd, but rather for a younger audience Microsoft is calling “generation upload.” That’s apparently a group whose life is focused around capturing memories and updating Facebook, without any care or concern whatsoever for apps. Will Microsoft’s gamble for control of the feature phone market prove successful? That remains to be seen, but for everything we know so far, read on!

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