Review: Kin Two
The Kin Two supports the big three social networks: Facebook, MySpace and Twitter. The phone makes it easy to share status updates and read what your friends have posted on these three services. You can also share pictures and videos easily, even with geo-tagging for location information. The problem is, that's about all the Kin Two can do. This is the biggest problem I had with the phone.
Forget about apps in MySpace and Facebook, which no phone has managed yet. Even the basics are missing. You can't retweet a post in Twitter without opening the Web browser and navigating to the mobile Twitter page. You can't view a friend's photo album on Facebook without the browser. You can't integrate MySpace and Facebook events into your calendar AT ALL (because there is no calendar). In Facebook and MySpace, the Kin Two offers no access to incoming messages, and no way to send or receive friend requests.
You can't throw a stone without hitting a smartphone that packs all these features. So, the Kin Two is all about social networking and keeping in touch with friends, but it can't perform some of the more basic functions. Forget about listening to music on MySpace or playing Farmville or other online games on Facebook, you can't even dig into a friend's profile on this phone. If the Kin Two can't handle social networks any better than a good feature phone, or an average smartphone, why bother?
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