Today, Microsoft announced that KIN, a new Windows Phone will be available in the US this May. KIN is the first Windows mobile phone in the market to feature Zune as the integrated entertainment experience, including music, video, FM radio, podcast playback and the ability to stream and download music with a Zune Pass subscription.

The Zune PC software will also be the media synchronization software for KIN, giving you the ability to load all your favorite music, pictures, podcasts and videos, including movie rentals and select titles from Zune Marketplace which can be purchased once and played on via Xbox Live, PC, Zune or KIN.

This is a great step forward in what we’re hoping will be an eventual Zune phone release sometime in the future.