Microsoft Confirms It Is Killing Its Kin
Jun 30, 2010, 4:05 PM by Eric M. Zeman
updated Jun 30, 2010, 4:21 PM
Today Microsoft issued a statement on its Kin social networking devices, which are being sold by Verizon Wireless. A Microsoft spokesperson said to Phone Scoop in an email, "We have made the decision to focus exclusively on Windows Phone 7 and we will not ship Kin in Europe this fall as planned. Additionally, we are integrating our Kin team with the Windows Phone 7 team, incorporating valuable ideas and technologies from Kin into future Windows Phone releases. We will continue to work with Verizon in the U.S. to sell current KIN phones." When asked for comment, Verizon Wireless spokesperson Brenda Raney said, "Kin is still an important part of our portfolio. [Verizon can't] speak for Microsoft." The Kin One and Kin Two were launched via Verizon Wireless in early May.
source: Verizon Wireless / Microsoft
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If Verizon Had
The problem was Verizon
I said previously, if they really wanted this to succeed they should have put it on Virgin Mobile with a big ad campaign with the likes of MTV or something. You have the target the right demographic and this what they failed to do. The Sidekick became a big hit cause it worked on prepaid and T-Mo had Flexpay aka no contract plans with it as well. Verizon has none of the kind.
What phucking teenager is gonna have enough credit to get a line with Verizon by themselves and secondly why would a parent even trust a 14-15 old with a post-paid plan not go over their allocated minu...
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I thought MS was stupid for doing Kin + 7... maybe someone at top realized how stupid it was.
How exactly do you put a device that is constantly updating info to the studio on a pre-paid plan? Like any carrier is going to let you upload 8 gigs ...
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dispite the fact that it did not catch on
Dead on Arrival
it was dead on arrival..er conception
Microsoft shareholders should be asking
how did it ever get as far as it did?
Anyone know if this is the fastest kill....
I can't think of anything that was dead faster. Sure they have discontinued phones for recalls, but this is basically a brand destruction. After investing in all this marketing I might have rolled Kin into windows 7 somehow.
