Microsoft Corp introduced KIN, a newly released Windows phone that specifically designed for active social media individuals. In fact, KIN can be rightly termed as the vital social experience which blends online services, phone and PC with 3 advanced features called the Loop, the Spot, and the Studio.

The Loop

KIN’s home screen -  basically a collection of social content, feeds and statuses of your friends aggregated and updated live from multiple cloud services i.e. Facebook, Twitter and MySpace.

The Spot

The KIN spot forms an integral part of the platform. In simple words, it is like a cross between a “shelf” or rather an UI element which allows you to hold as well as assemble multiple items on a temporary basis before you move on. You can drag your favorite items that you want to share with your friends on the spot. Moreover, if you want to edit or remove items then all you need to do is open the spot and do the needful.

The Studio

A Microsoft cloud service that back up ALL contents in the phone and organizes it into a timeline. You can view and update the contents through KIN Studio website and all updates will be synced automatically to your KIN phone.

KIN Specifications

KIN One

• QWERTY keyboard that slides up and lies on top of the phone
• 2.6″ TFT, QVGA (320 x 240) Display
• Capacitive touch screen
• 5 megapixel camera, with LED flash^[1]
• 4Gb of memory, 256MB DDR RAM
• Mono Speaker
• GPS
• Accelerometer
• Bluetooth 2.1 with A2DP
• USB

KIN Two

• Side-sliding QWERTY keyboard
• 3.4″ TFT, HVGA (480×320) pixel Display
• Capacitive touch screen
• 8 megapixel camera, with LED flash^[1]
• 8Gb of memory, 256MB DDR RAM
• Stereo Speaker
• GPS
• Accelerometer
• Bluetooth 2.1 with A2DP
• USB

KIN will be available from Verizon wireless to the residents of the United States from the starting of May. On the flip side, it will be available from Vodafone from this autumn to the residents of Germany, Spain, Italy as well as the United Kingdom.