Microsoft pulls plug on Kin.

[Tupin]

http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/30/microsoft-kin-is-dead/

Microsoft announced yesterday that the Kin phone will not ship in Europe and all development teams on the Kin will be integrated into Windows Phone 7. All this after spending millions in advertising and the device having only been on the market for 48 days. In that time, only 500 were rumored to have been sold.

I've never seen a company drop a device this quickly, even Nokia kept the N-Gage going for years.

[Cornwad]

That thing was made by Microsoft? That was fast, I thought I saw a commercial for it the other day.

[Zero]

Uh...commercials are still going for it. lol way to go microsoft.

[Level_9_Chao]

Based on that thing, they're still selling them in the US.

Not like I really care about getting a new phone.

[SkyMyl]

Woah. I didn't even know that existed.

[Silverhawk79]

That was alarmingly fast. Was there something wrong with it?

[PsychoYoshi]

That was alarmingly fast. Was there something wrong with it?

Yes, they're not Apple, so they can't get away with making overpriced, gimmicky products without the danger of the product failing miserably.

o snap

[Rayquarian]

I thought Kin was short for Kinect at first...

I wasn't really aware that it existed up until now.

[Dog Food]

I never heard of it. But then again, I don't watch commercials. So...

I'm waiting for the iPhone to come to Verizon.

[Kayo]

That little circle phone? Damn.