Microsoft Quickly Revises "Sexting" Ad For Kin Phone

theodp writes "Microsoft's Kin mobile phone project came under fire as Consumer Reports and others pointed out that a promotional video looked like an inappropriate endorsement of 'sexting,' prompting a quick edit and an apologetic tweet. 'The video,' observed Consumer Reports, 'includes a downright creepy sequence [beginning around 0:33] in which a young man is shown putting a Kin under his shirt and apparently snapping a picture of one of his naked breasts. The breast is then shown on the phone's screen, just before the guy apparently sends it to someone. Next we see the face of a young woman, seemingly the recipient, with an amused expression...'"

Comments

MOOBS!? MOOBS!

[Anonymous Coward]

I think somebody is confused about what sexting is.

Re:LOLwut?

[AnonGCB]

As mentioned elsewhere, male breasts are generally not considered a private part, regardless of who they are attractive for.

Re:LOLwut?

[Anonymous Coward]

Okay, I could see a problem if it were a female breast ... but who the fuck thinks that sending a picture of a male breast is "sexting"?

Conservative Americans.

Re:sexting with your kin?

[fbjon]

Eventually it'll progress to phone-sex with your kin. And before you know it, someone's hacked it, and you'll be forking little baby processes with your kin. A rather incestuous device, it seems.