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 [...]

Thinking of buying the Microsoft KIN phone?  Want to read some reviews before you buy one. Engadget has just reviewed the 2 new devices from Microsoft.  The conclusion is no so encouraging.  Basically there are so many other devices in the market that do the jobs equally well (if not better) and cost less.  Unless you really want to own a Microsoft phone Anyway, the review is here.

It is earlier than expected, the social network connected devices from Microsoft, KIN ONE and KIN TWO, will be available for pre-order on 6th of May and it will be launched on 13th of May, according to Verizon’s report. If you are waiting for these new phones, it is good new for you. [via slashphone]

Excited about Microsoft’s new Kin phone?  Here is a full 23 minutes of video demo of it by John Starkweather.  Enjoy!

Consider this when you are thinking of buying the new Microsoft Kin phone – the social networking update for Kin is not exactly real time, it is scheduled to update every 15 minutes. For a phone that is emphasizing social networking and media, this sound a bit strength to me. “We didn’t want the device always pulling data from the network,” said one engineer, citing battery life and immature social network APIs as primary reasons [...]