the kin will be a verizon wireless exclusive for now, as is the motorola droid. but verizon's john harrobin says his company will continue to offer products from all the major venders. >> the kin is designed for the social networker, and it's designed very well for that social networker, so we are excited to offer that. we don't hang our results on one device. we make sure that we're not relying on just one device to meet out customer's needs or to produce our results. >> reporter: one device everyone in this space is closely watching is the ipad. they're waiting to see how well apple does with its next generation of mobile computing. several manufacturers have slate-like devices in development, but so far none have launch plans just yet. scott gurvey, "nightly business report", new york. >> so tom we finally got dow 11,000 but just limped along to get there. but i understand still there was a lot of action behind the scenes today. >> absolutely, most importantly we're at a new post recession high for the dow industrials with this move over 11,000. so susie, let'