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Share Life as You Live It - KIN Now Available on Verizon Wireless Network
Broadcast and Share Everyday Moments on the Nation's Most Reliable Network
BASKING RIDGE, N.J., and REDMOND, Wash., May 5 -- For people who want to keep up and share everything going on in their lives with the people who matter most, Verizon Wireless and Microsoft Corp. will make KIN available online on May 6. Designed specifically for people who are actively navigating their social lives, KIN blends the phone, online services and the PC. Both KIN phones feature a touch screen and slide-out QWERTY keyboard, making it easy to:
-- Always stay in the loop: With the KIN Loop, all of your favorite
people and things you love are right on your home screen in real time.
You tell KIN who and what is important, and it delivers the latest
updates from your favorite websites and social networks such as
Facebook®, MySpace and Twitter. You can discover and share, all from
one place.
-- Share your story with the world: The KIN Spot is the new way to share.
Share almost anything - photos, texts, Web pages - with almost anyone.
Since the Spot is always on your screen, it's unbelievably easy to
drop stuff into the Spot and send by text, e-mail or social network
update.
-- Your phone, on the Web: With the KIN Studio, almost everything on your
phone - messages, contacts, photos and videos - are backed up to a
private, password-protected website where you can visit all of your
memories anywhere there is a computer. And with virtually unlimited
storage, there's almost no limit to what you can keep.
-- Capture and share all your memories: The KIN Camera captures all the
moments that matter most, and makes it easy to share them. The KIN
ONE has a 5 MP lens while the KIN TWO has an 8 MP lens and shoots
video in HD. With anti-shake, autofocus and an LED flash, KIN lets
you take amazing pictures, even in low light, and post or share them
with just one touch. And all your memories are backed up with tons of
storage in the KIN Studio.
-- Tunes and info - at your fingertips: Find what you need on the go:
-- Zune - KIN is the first Windows Phone to feature a Zune experience
- including music, video, FM radio and podcast playback. With a
Zune Pass subscription and Zune software on your PC, you can
listen to millions of songs from Zune Marketplace on your KIN
while on the go or load from your personal collection.
-- Bing - Web and Near Me (location-based) search.
-- E-mail - Support for all popular Web-based mail, POP/IMAP
services, as well as Exchange for business e-mail and contact
sync. Each e-mail account has its own screen so it's easy to
navigate.
-- Browser - With KIN, you get full, rich PC-like browsing. You can
pan, scan and zoom in and out using touch gestures. And browsing
is social; it's easy to share a snapshot of the website you're
viewing by dragging it to the Spot.
Pricing and availability
-- Starting May 6, KIN is available online at http://www.verizonwireless.com and
will be available in Verizon Wireless Communications Stores on
Thursday, May 13. KIN ONE is available for $49.99, and KIN TWO is
available for $99.99, both after a $100 mail-in rebate with a new
two-year customer agreement. Customers will receive the rebate in the
form of a debit card; upon receipt, customers may use the card as cash
anywhere debit cards are accepted.
-- To get the most from KIN, Verizon Wireless customers will need to
subscribe to a Verizon Wireless Nationwide Talk plan and an Email and
Web for Smartphone plan. Nationwide Talk plans begin at $39.99 monthly
access. Email and Web for Smartphone plans start at $29.99 for
unlimited monthly access.
-- For additional information on Verizon Wireless products and services,
visit a Verizon Wireless Communications Store, call 1-800-2 JOIN IN or
go to http://www.verizonwireless.com.
-- For more information and a specification sheet, please visit
http://www.KIN.com.
About Verizon Wireless
Verizon Wireless operates the nation's most reliable and largest wireless voice and 3G data network, serving nearly 93 million customers. Headquartered in Basking Ridge, N.J., with 81,000 employees nationwide, Verizon Wireless is a joint venture of Verizon Communications (NYSE:VZ)(NASDAQ:VZ) and Vodafone (NASDAQ:VOD). For more information, visit http://www.verizonwireless.com. To preview and request broadcast-quality video footage and high-resolution stills of Verizon Wireless operations, log on to the Verizon Wireless Multimedia Library at http://www.verizonwireless.com/multimedia.
About Microsoft Corporation
Founded in 1975, Microsoft (Nasdaq "MSFT") is the worldwide leader in software, services and solutions that help people and businesses realize their full potential.
Source: Verizon Wireless
CONTACT: Brenda Boyd Raney, Verizon Wireless, +1-908-559-7518,
Brenda.Raney@verizonwireless.com; or Liz Sloan, Microsoft Corporation,
+1-425-722-5720, Liz.sloan@microsoft.com
Web Site: http://www.verizonwireless.com/
Company News On-Call: http://www.prnewswire.com/comp/094251.html
Share Life as You Live It - KIN Now Available on Verizon Wireless Network
Broadcast and Share Everyday Moments on the Nation's Most Reliable Network
BASKING RIDGE, N.J., and REDMOND, Wash., May 5 -- For people who want to keep up and share everything going on in their lives with the people who matter most, Verizon Wireless and Microsoft Corp. will make KIN available online on May 6. Designed specifically for people who are actively navigating their social lives, KIN blends the phone, online services and the PC. Both KIN phones feature a touch screen and slide-out QWERTY keyboard, making it easy to:
-- Always stay in the loop: With the KIN Loop, all of your favorite
people and things you love are right on your home screen in real time.
You tell KIN who and what is important, and it delivers the latest
updates from your favorite websites and social networks such as
Facebook®, MySpace and Twitter. You can discover and share, all from
one place.
-- Share your story with the world: The KIN Spot is the new way to share.
Share almost anything - photos, texts, Web pages - with almost anyone.
Since the Spot is always on your screen, it's unbelievably easy to
drop stuff into the Spot and send by text, e-mail or social network
update.
-- Your phone, on the Web: With the KIN Studio, almost everything on your
phone - messages, contacts, photos and videos - are backed up to a
private, password-protected website where you can visit all of your
memories anywhere there is a computer. And with virtually unlimited
storage, there's almost no limit to what you can keep.
-- Capture and share all your memories: The KIN Camera captures all the
moments that matter most, and makes it easy to share them. The KIN
ONE has a 5 MP lens while the KIN TWO has an 8 MP lens and shoots
video in HD. With anti-shake, autofocus and an LED flash, KIN lets
you take amazing pictures, even in low light, and post or share them
with just one touch. And all your memories are backed up with tons of
storage in the KIN Studio.
-- Tunes and info - at your fingertips: Find what you need on the go:
-- Zune - KIN is the first Windows Phone to feature a Zune experience
- including music, video, FM radio and podcast playback. With a
Zune Pass subscription and Zune software on your PC, you can
listen to millions of songs from Zune Marketplace on your KIN
while on the go or load from your personal collection.
-- Bing - Web and Near Me (location-based) search.
-- E-mail - Support for all popular Web-based mail, POP/IMAP
services, as well as Exchange for business e-mail and contact
sync. Each e-mail account has its own screen so it's easy to
navigate.
-- Browser - With KIN, you get full, rich PC-like browsing. You can
pan, scan and zoom in and out using touch gestures. And browsing
is social; it's easy to share a snapshot of the website you're
viewing by dragging it to the Spot.
Pricing and availability
-- Starting May 6, KIN is available online at http://www.verizonwireless.com and
will be available in Verizon Wireless Communications Stores on
Thursday, May 13. KIN ONE is available for $49.99, and KIN TWO is
available for $99.99, both after a $100 mail-in rebate with a new
two-year customer agreement. Customers will receive the rebate in the
form of a debit card; upon receipt, customers may use the card as cash
anywhere debit cards are accepted.
-- To get the most from KIN, Verizon Wireless customers will need to
subscribe to a Verizon Wireless Nationwide Talk plan and an Email and
Web for Smartphone plan. Nationwide Talk plans begin at $39.99 monthly
access. Email and Web for Smartphone plans start at $29.99 for
unlimited monthly access.
-- For additional information on Verizon Wireless products and services,
visit a Verizon Wireless Communications Store, call 1-800-2 JOIN IN or
go to http://www.verizonwireless.com.
-- For more information and a specification sheet, please visit
http://www.KIN.com.
About Verizon Wireless
Verizon Wireless operates the nation's most reliable and largest wireless voice and 3G data network, serving nearly 93 million customers. Headquartered in Basking Ridge, N.J., with 81,000 employees nationwide, Verizon Wireless is a joint venture of Verizon Communications (NYSE:VZ)(NASDAQ:VZ) and Vodafone (NASDAQ:VOD). For more information, visit http://www.verizonwireless.com. To preview and request broadcast-quality video footage and high-resolution stills of Verizon Wireless operations, log on to the Verizon Wireless Multimedia Library at http://www.verizonwireless.com/multimedia.
About Microsoft Corporation
Founded in 1975, Microsoft (Nasdaq "MSFT") is the worldwide leader in software, services and solutions that help people and businesses realize their full potential.
Source: Verizon Wireless
CONTACT: Brenda Boyd Raney, Verizon Wireless, +1-908-559-7518,
Brenda.Raney@verizonwireless.com; or Liz Sloan, Microsoft Corporation,
+1-425-722-5720, Liz.sloan@microsoft.com
Web Site: http://www.verizonwireless.com/
Company News On-Call: http://www.prnewswire.com/comp/094251.html