To me the iPhone is a nice thing, but hampered by it's Apple lock-in, which means I won't be buying anymore Apple crapple having been stung once.
These Kin device just reinforce to me that Microsoft is just a wannabe Apple, that wants to get the lock-in that Apple has, but without a device capable of inducing gadget lust.
So nah, the same thing turned me away from the Zune MP3 player, the belief that if I bought one it would try to lock me into Microsoft services.
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