In Mid-April, Microsoft announced that it was releasing its formerly dubbed ‘Pink’ phones the Kin One and Kin Two, aimed at the teenager set.
Today, reports are stating that the phones go on pre-order this Thursday, with a May 13th release day.
Microsoft has not confirmed the dates, but the reports stem from leaked Verizon posters showing off the dates, so they seem pretty set in stone.
The phones will be available in the U.S. via Verizon and in the UL, Italy, Spain and Germany via Vodafone.
The Kin One specs:
- Has a compact full QWERTY keypad
- Multitouch screen
- 5MP camera with LED flash
- 4GB memory
- “Media player powered by Zune.”
The Kin Two specs:
- Full QWERTY keypad
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Result for: set in stone
Despite a recently publicized 18 percent jump in legal music sales following the launch of Ipred in Sweden, the Local is reporting that illegal file sharing is back in full force, reaching new record levels.
Stats from Swedish organization Netnod showed that Internet traffic in the entire country dropped 40 percent when Ipred went into effect in April, mainly due to a cutback in BitTorrent traffic.
TheLocal is reporting that Internet traffic is at all-time high now in the nation, although the numbers can hardly be considered set in stone at the moment.
“Spotify and the various television channels ‘Play’ sites haven’t yet released their statistics. There is guaranteed to be certain increase in file sharing, but it isn’t possible to tell exactly how much,” added researcher Kristoffer Schollin.
Anti-virus protection company McAfee also says that file-sharing sites have grown by over 300 percent since Ipred.
“Then you have the illegal video streaming sites, which aren’t file sharing in the traditional sense, but which play the same role for users. Watching a movie via a streaming video directly in your web browser is becoming more and more popular,” Schollin adds.
Result for: set in stone
Just weeks after their patent victory over EchoStar, TiVo is getting ready to expand substantially, says sources talking to Bloomberg.
The DVR maker is in talks with PPV providers in an effort to “allow its recording directly or else to license out the technology for third-party hardware or software.”
Other details are still vague, but it is clear the service will be different from online-based ones such as Netflix or Amazon VOD.
Additionally, TiVo is looking to have its service directly connected through Time Warner, possibly even creating a new Time Warner-exclusive set-top.
Negotiations are still ongoing with nothing set in stone.
