@Loverock Davidson The Kin was killed because of Verizon, not Microsoft. You need to go to Verizon and ask them why they thought they could charge teens who don't have jobs to pay full price for a data plan.
I thought we had this discussion - the Kin did not fail because of Verizon... The Kin failed because it was a starter level smartphone and people expected it to act as an advanced smartphone... either way VZW charged a data plan appropriately for a smartphone. Also the hardware itself was mediocre... the Kin 1 looked like a cheap version of the Palm Pre (which IMHO was a cheap looking device to begin with) and the Kin 2 looked like a basic WM phone... both of which would not have excited the target market.
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