It is coming to light that the Redmont Based Software Giant, Microsoft have decided to kill the Kin. For those who do not know about the Kin: Kin was Microsoft’s first branded smartphones targeted at social media using teenagers and had been introduced just about 2 months back.
The Kin was formerly known as Project “Pink” and was first revealed in April and then launched with Verizon network in May. The Kin’s development team will be now be amalgamated with the Windows Phone 7 development team. This step seems to have been taken by Microsoft after the dismal sales. It is also to be noted that Microsoft had slashed the price of Kin to Half after the dismal sales.
Here is Microsoft’s official statement on the Kin:
“Microsoft has made the decision to focus on the Windows Phone 7 launch and 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.”
Even though this does not that Kin is out completely but it clearly indicates that Microsoft is shifting it resources elsewhere and that the Kin has not met Microsoft’s Expectation
via: Mashable
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kin gonna be shut down as they are only focusing on window 7
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Shiva Chettri Reply:
July 2nd, 2010 at 4:02 pm
Well yes, Kin has been a mega failure for Microsoft. Bad idea Sirji!
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I’ve never heard about Kin. :O When did it come ?
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Shiva Chettri Reply:
July 2nd, 2010 at 4:01 pm
Ha Ha, Lol….It came in April 2010 and died in its infancy of 2 months on 1sy July 2010
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Shekhar Sahu Reply:
July 3rd, 2010 at 1:12 pm
Wondering how people dont know about kin lol same here
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Is this true? Sorry but I have not heard or read about Microsoft Kin until now.
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with new smart phones like iphone 4 , these stuff stand no chance
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nice info….
kin gonna loose its value soon…but with the invention of windows 7 , now Microsoft is planning to make it even bigger than kin….
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Shiva Chettri Reply:
July 7th, 2010 at 9:00 pm
Actually Microsoft is going to concentrate on Windows Phone 7 using the people who were working at Kin
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Thank God. That thing was chunky and ugly. Microsoft lack style! I know i am happy with my Nokia E63 has all i need.
I used to be a fan of the iPhone until the iPhone 4 than i have decided to stay with my Nokia!
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Shiva Chettri Reply:
July 7th, 2010 at 9:01 pm
well actually Nokia too are thinking of doing a major brand overhaul after losing the Smart Phone Battle to other competitors. They may come out with new smart phones in future, a thing to watch out for
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It saw the big trend in smartphones but failed to capitalize despite its immense financial and engineering resources.
And the biggest failure is the marketing considering so few people knew about Kin.
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Shiva Chettri Reply:
July 7th, 2010 at 9:02 pm
Yup, Microsoft really failed in marketing the Kin. A big time fail
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