Jul
1
2010

Microsoft kills KIN phones

An article by bapagoh

What a surprise! Just a few months after Microsoft announced the KIN phones, they are killed by Microsoft Now.

According to the news, the existing KIN phone team will be merged into the Windows Phone 7 team. According to Microsoft’s official statement:

“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.”

I thought the KIN phones are doing quite well but some rumours stated the sales of the phones had not been good.

Good bye, KIN, although we have never met.