Kin Failed, Microsoft Focus to Windows Phone 7

Kin did not live long. Only less than three months after moving into the market, Microsoft decided to discontinue the project . They are now focus on Windows Phone 7. Since May, Microsoft unveiled Kin. Two types are offered Microsoft’s Kin, Kin One and Two, relying on social networking features, Kin was targeting young people. Unfortunately, consumers are welcoming cold. Rumor said Kin only sold 500 units. Some reviewers also criticized the smartphone is out. Kin judged difficult to use and less reliable features.

Microsoft Kin also trimmed prices like crazy. Microsoft itself has sentenced Kin as a failed project and decided to stop the production. Now, the software giant chose to focus on developing Windows Phone 7. Kin will not be marketed in Europe in the autumn as planned

Microsoft also said they plan to merge the project team with a team of Kin Phone seventh Windows, combining brilliant ideas from Kin and Windows Phone, in order to create a more sophisticated smartphones in the future. “We’re still going to work with Verizon in the United States to sell its remaining mobile Kin,” Microsoft’s cap.