Kin skin for Windows Mobile 6.5 leads to more questions than answers

How would we like to replace the UI on our Windows Mobile 6.5 phone with the Kin UI? Well, we never really thought about it, we suppose... and frankly, we're not sure why anyone else did, either. Alas, KinLauncher is here, delivering a pretty authentic Kin-esque home screen but not much else -- as soon as you touch anything, you'll be dumped back into the cold comfort of WinMo (or Sense, as the case may be). It's available for download, if you're really into that sort of thing -- but if you'd rather enjoy the carnage from a safe distance, there's a video after the break.

[eddieexe Posted Jun 18th 2010 3:24AM]

What is this? I dont even

[MrFluffyThing Posted Jun 18th 2010 4:05AM]

@eddieexe It's one outdated OS being masked by another new-but-already-becoming-outdated OS... Make this a WP7 Skin and maybe I'll consider it...

[MarkAnderson Posted Jun 18th 2010 4:52AM]

@eddieexe

It's a mistake.

[Kangal Posted Jun 18th 2010 8:08AM]

Wow, just wow, engadget are just posting the articles straight from xda.
New low engadget.

http://www.xda-developers.com/

[Duke Posted Jun 18th 2010 8:33AM]

@Kangal
So you think everyone on the net goes to the xda site? I see nothing wrong with a tech site showing what's going on at xda.

[Kangal Posted Jun 18th 2010 8:54AM]

@Duke

Yeah I see your point. It makes it easier to sum many sites/sources/leaks into one neat site.

[Kyralik Posted Jun 18th 2010 12:30PM]

@MrFluffyThing And masked poorly at that, it seems non-fluid, whereas the real Kin UI seems very fluid.

Just a quick check, has Android been installed on the HD2 yet?

[maxxorz Posted Aug 6th 2010 12:27PM]

@Kyralik
Yeah, it has been, but I believe they rebranded it, or something...

Called it the Evo 4G.

But in all seriousness, I believe XDA ported Android to the HD2

[sahibosaurus Posted Jun 18th 2010 3:27AM]

this made me lol.just a picture.

[d0mth0ma5 Posted Jun 18th 2010 3:37AM]

Thank God, i thought Microsoft had lost the plot!

[Zappy Posted Jun 18th 2010 3:40AM]

Oh no, the WM UI brought back horrible memories. Never again.

[Tes Posted Jun 18th 2010 3:44AM]

What...what abomination be this?!

[CaryHiroyuki Tagawa Posted Jun 18th 2010 3:47AM]

Microsoft can't innovate, only duplicate. However... I have my doubts they copied this... it must be some kind of attempt to be creative.

Creating this UI is like jumping head-first into a woodchipper; don't....freaking....do....it.

[CaryHiroyuki Tagawa Posted Jun 18th 2010 3:50AM]

@CaryHiroyuki Tagawa

Downrank the above post, please.

[Tes Posted Jun 18th 2010 3:53AM]

@CaryHiroyuki Tagawa

Obliged...lol, you should really read the article before commenting next time.

[LockStock666 Posted Jun 18th 2010 4:26AM]

@CaryHiroyuki Tagawa +1 for the lols

[IshimaruKenta Posted Jun 18th 2010 3:56AM]

Chris, it's thought about it, not though about it. :) #corrections

[Calijoefornia Posted Jun 18th 2010 3:58AM]

It's like putting a turd on poop.

[Khav Posted Jun 18th 2010 9:32AM]

@Calijoefornia My first thought was an AVGN quote. "It's like puking on a pile of shit"

[F C Posted Jun 18th 2010 4:04AM]

This actually makes the phone uglier. I personally think kin UI needs a new UI. I'd rather stick to Sense on top of 6.5.

[thisNthat Posted Jun 18th 2010 4:18AM]

Butt ugly..

[Wesscoast Posted Jun 18th 2010 4:44AM]

Wait you mean this product isn't dead yet? I thought MS would take this thing out back and shoot it like they did to Vista..

No offense Michael Gartenberg.

[cdf74dc9 Posted Jun 18th 2010 4:44AM]

What in the world is "KIN"? Kick In the Nuts? Or is it is short for Kinky?

[sinkingshriek Posted Jun 18th 2010 5:02AM]

@cdf74dc9
A person having kinship with another or others also getting in touch with one another.

[AdmiralKlingon Posted Jun 18th 2010 4:51AM]

Somehow I get the feeling that Microsoft just punk'd us all.

[derekaw Posted Jun 18th 2010 5:24AM]

Oh no, that is god damn awful, looking at that makes me sick.

[obobo Posted Jun 18th 2010 8:54AM]

I'd rather give my phone AIDS...

[bathellfire Posted Jun 18th 2010 10:33AM]

@obobo Good one! :)

[MrPinkBlackrose Posted Jun 18th 2010 10:06AM]

???

[bathellfire Posted Jun 18th 2010 10:33AM]

Until they get Norton Commander interface onto a mobile device, i say they still have a long way to go.

Jokes aside: LOL! Slapping two pieces of poop together doesn't make it cake.

[macserv Posted Jun 19th 2010 3:19AM]

@bathellfire Though, I suppose it technically *would* make a sandwich.

[Professor Hubert J Farnsworth Posted Jun 18th 2010 10:46AM]

Questions such as:
Why?!
And
Hey, does anyone know how to effectively remove memories?

[POZ Posted Jun 18th 2010 11:42AM]

So! This is a skin on top of a custom UI for a mobile OS that is deprecated?

L[o]O[m]L[g]

[Insomnihack Posted Jun 18th 2010 1:52PM]

I've had worts sexier than this.

[xtian63 Posted Jun 18th 2010 9:55PM]

is this all the human race could come up with?

[flett Posted Jun 19th 2010 2:06AM]

cold comfort of wonmo 6.5? dont bullshit, theres nothing wrong with 6.5. and this skin doesnt look too bad, its easy to navigate.