[quote=NY Times]
Just 48 days after Microsoft began selling the Kin, a smartphone for the younger set, the company discontinued it because of disappointing sales.
The swift turnabout for the Kin, which Microsoft took two years to develop and whose release was backed with a hefty ad budget, is the latest sign of disarray for Microsoft’s recently reorganized consumer product unit.
“It’s an absolute failure,” said Charles S. Golvin, an analyst with Forrester Research. Mr. Golvin said he was surprised to see Microsoft kill a product so quickly, given the company’s history of sticking with new products and improving them over time.
Microsoft’s consumer products unit has struggled to offer a credible competitors to Apple’s iPod and more recently the iPhone and an array of smartphones powered by Google’s Android software.
Microsoft also recently canceled a project to develop a tablet computer that would compete with Apple’s popular iPad.
Microsoft said that it would shift employees who worked on the Kin to the team in charge of Windows Phone 7, a coming revision of Microsoft’s operating system for smartphones, which is due in the fall. The Kin, which came in two models, was aimed at young users and emphasized access to social networks like Facebook and Twitter. While neither Microsoft nor Verizon Wireless, which sold the phone exclusively, disclosed sales figures, people close to the companies said that sales were disappointing. Verizon slashed the prices of the phones to $50 from $200 for the higher-end model and to $30 from $150 for a stripped-down version.
Microsoft said it would cancel the pending release of the Kin in Europe and would work with Verizon Wireless to sell existing inventories. Brenda Raney, a Verizon spokeswoman, said the Kin “is still an important part of our portfolio.”[/quote]
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I mean, seriously.. look at it.
[img]http://static.phonesreview.co.uk/wp-content/phoneimages/2010/05/Microsoft-KIN-One-and-Two-Will-you-Pre-order-Tomorrow-pic-1.jpg[/img]
It looks absolutely ridiculous! Its small, the keys are small.. the screen is small, WinMo will ALWAYS suck. They should give up on the smartphone market, seriously... or make a phone that'll give it a cutting edge. Most people don't give a damn about the OS, but the aesthetics they do.
Go ask the 10 people who bought it what they think of it.
Looks like it failed to kindle any interest.
:iceburn:
Apple sucks, android sucks.
Mircosoft for ever :smug:
This one looks a lot better.
[img]http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/5/5b/WindowsPhone7Series.png/200px-WindowsPhone7Series.png[/img]
The other microsoft phone is much better, the WTC or something
Looks like one of those 'This is what your phone will look like in XXXX' pages, where they look really shite.
[img]http://static.phonesreview.co.uk/wp-content/phoneimages/2010/05/Microsoft-KIN-One-and-Two-Will-you-Pre-order-Tomorrow-pic-1.jpg[/img]
This is what your phone will look like in 2025, haha just kidding it got discontinued after 48 days.
[QUOTE=Karmah;23034709]The other microsoft phone is much better, the WTC or something[/QUOTE]
[IMG]http://media.photobucket.com/image/world%20trade%20center/Jason2311/world-trade-center.jpg[/IMG]
[IMG]http://media.photobucket.com/image/world%20trade%20center/Jason2311/world-trade-center.jpg[/IMG][img]http://aplacetoreturn.files.wordpress.com/2008/09/the-world-trade-center.jpg[/img]
That one got discontinued too.
Yeah, they even demolished it because they wanted to replace it.
[QUOTE=radioactive;23034769]This is what your phone will look like in 2025, haha just kidding it got discontinued after 48 days.[/QUOTE]
that was a close call.
[QUOTE=bobsmit;23034777][IMG]http://media.photobucket.com/image/world%20trade%20center/Jason2311/world-trade-center.jpg[/IMG]
[IMG]http://media.photobucket.com/image/world%20trade%20center/Jason2311/world-trade-center.jpg[/IMG][img]http://aplacetoreturn.files.wordpress.com/2008/09/the-world-trade-center.jpg[/img]
That one got discontinued too.[/QUOTE]
That isn't funny, ass.
Your disrespecting the hundreds who died in the WTC by doing that.
[QUOTE=Tanner;23034703]This one looks a lot better.
[img]http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/5/5b/WindowsPhone7Series.png/200px-WindowsPhone7Series.png[/img][/QUOTE]
Looks a lot like the Zune HD.
But yea, Android phones are the way to go.
[QUOTE=Heartboy;23034832]That isn't funny, ass.
Your disrespecting the hundreds who died in the WTC by doing that.[/QUOTE]
No, he's not.
omg the phone looks like its for little kids, I mean like 7.
[img]http://static.phonesreview.co.uk/wp-content/phoneimages/2010/05/Microsoft-KIN-One-and-Two-Will-you-Pre-order-Tomorrow-pic-1.jpg[/img]
bottom row, second key from the right
;)
you mean they actually devoted an entire key (on a thing with very little button real estate) to the winking smiley? wow I'm glad this thing was called off before people actually *bought* this shit
[QUOTE=Kalibos;23034932][IMG]http://static.phonesreview.co.uk/wp-content/phoneimages/2010/05/Microsoft-KIN-One-and-Two-Will-you-Pre-order-Tomorrow-pic-1.jpg[/IMG]
bottom row, second key from the right
;)
you mean they actually devoted an entire key (on a thing with very little button real estate) to the winking smiley? wow I'm glad this thing was called off before people actually *bought* this shit[/QUOTE]
I'd imagine it would open a sort of emoticon menu. Microsoft isn't that stupid
[QUOTE=Kalibos;23034932][img]http://static.phonesreview.co.uk/wp-content/phoneimages/2010/05/Microsoft-KIN-One-and-Two-Will-you-Pre-order-Tomorrow-pic-1.jpg[/img]
bottom row, second key from the right
;)
you mean they actually devoted an entire key (on a thing with very little button real estate) to the winking smiley? wow I'm glad this thing was called off before people actually *bought* this shit[/QUOTE]
hahahaha, well I most certainly got a good laugh out of it. I normally don't like keys for emo icons. Ill do it myself, or have a menu somewhere on the touch screen.
At least Microsoft does things that are funny, and you can poke fun at it and have a great time. Apple just makes things that make you get all serious and makes you want to scat in your mouth.
[QUOTE=Heartboy;23034683]Apple sucks, android sucks.
Mircosoft for ever :smug:[/QUOTE]
Microsoft sucks at making phones.
Am I the only one who predicted this? The ads for this thing sucked, even though the probably spent a billion on just advertising. The phone looks like some go phone from the dollar store.
Everytime I went on Hulu.com, I'd see a lot of ads about this.
[QUOTE=Heartboy;23034832]That isn't funny, ass.
Your disrespecting the hundreds who died in the WTC by doing that.[/QUOTE]
lol
[QUOTE=Heartboy;23034832]That isn't funny, ass.
Your disrespecting the hundreds who died in the WTC by doing that.[/QUOTE]
By posting a picture of the twin towers, he is somehow disrespecting people who died :downs:
[QUOTE=Heartboy;23034832]That isn't funny, ass.
Your disrespecting the hundreds who died in the WTC by doing that.[/QUOTE]
My BIRTHDAY is 9/11, and I thought it was funny. Get over yourself.
The KIN 2 wasn't so bad:
[IMG]http://pinoytutorial.com/techtorial/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/kin-2-specs.jpg[/IMG]
But still, what a shitty excuse for a phone. The one posted above (emulated Windows phone) would be a lot better
What killed the Kin off is the fact that you could get a [I]real[/I] smartphone for the same price and data plan. Also because it sucked.
No one bought it because it looks like shit.
It's like they designed it specifically to sit next to tampons in a pink purse.
[QUOTE=Heartboy;23034832]That isn't funny, ass.
Your disrespecting the hundreds who died in the WTC by doing that.[/QUOTE]
Oh you so crazy. Plus, it was thousands :)
[QUOTE=The Spocker;23037980]No one bought it because it looks like shit.
It's like they designed it specifically to sit next to tampons in a pink purse.[/QUOTE]
Maybe more designed for this:
[img]http://d.yimg.com/i/ng/ne/skynews/20100701/11/19155888-motorway-yobs-bombard-drivers-rocks.jpg[/img]
A phone devoted to social networking sites?
what happened to using phones to call people
thanks for the update mtv
cant wait for jersey shore!!!!
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