Microsoft Kin Caught With Its Pants Down

Apr 19 2010, 6:33pm CDT | by Mark Raby

Microsoft has scrapped part of an online video for its new line of "Kin" mobile phones, where a teenage boy was shown snapping a picture of his chest to a girl at a club.

"Microsoft has deleted the inappropriate portion of the Kin video," said Microsoft in one of its division's Twitter sites, according to newswire service Agence France-Presse.

The Kin phones, which were revealed last week, have high-resolution digital cameras, the Zune media player software, and up to 8GB of onboard memory.

In an effort to appeal to the teen crowd, it put up an online advert video on its Web site which started to become viral. The ad depicts a bunch of teenagers at a party while one boy starts flirting over texts with a girl.

Eventually, he puts the phone under his shirt and takes a pic. A thumbnail pic of his exposed chest is briefly shown, and then the female recipient smiles at the text. Many have dubbed it the "sexting" ad.

"We take sexting very seriously, and are sorry it happened," said Microsoft's online watchdog group.

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Based in New York City, Mark follows the consumer electronics industry like a hawk. A published book author, he has a particular affinity for 3D technology and video games, and as such will surely be in the market for a new pair of glasses soon. Mark can be contacted directly at mark@i4u.com.