Even though I had no intention of ever buying a Kin, I’m still pissed off at Microsoft for killing their latest attempt at the mobile phone market. The Kin One and Two now share a dubious distinction: They got less time than Conan O’Brien to build and develop an audience. True, there wasn’t a lot of groundbreaking development within the two phones’ hardware or the operating system, but there were enough social media-friendly touches and one or two neat ideas to show that the folks in Redmond may have turned the corner regarding phones.
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No Kin Do: Microsoft Keeps Limping Into the Mobile Era
Posted by: Renay San Miguel July 2, 2010 05:00 AMEven though I had no intention of ever buying a Kin, I’m still pissed off at Microsoft for killing their latest attempt at the mobile phone market. The Kin One and Two now share a dubious distinction: They got less time than Conan O’Brien to build and develop an audience. True, there wasn’t a lot of groundbreaking development within the two phones’ hardware or the operating system, but there were enough social media-friendly touches and one or two neat ideas to show that the folks in Redmond may have turned the corner regarding phones.