Microsoft Kin Phones: Go Ahead and Call It a Comeback
Microsoft Kin Phones: Go Ahead and Call It a Comeback
Posted 11/12/2010 at 7:53am
| by Paul Lilly
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Following a cold reception and disappointing sales, Microsoft took its Kin One and Kin Two devices out behind the shed and put them out of our misery, but apparently these failed phones are poised to rise from the dead, so says a leaked document from Verizon.
PPCGeeks.com claims to have received the inside info from a "friend at Verizon," which shows the wireless carrier's Q4 roadmap. Assuming it's accurate, and current, Verizon indeed plans to offer the Kin One and Kin Two phones in time for the holidays.
Didn't Verizon learn from Microsoft's debacle? The answer is 'yes, yes they did.' This time around, the Kin phones are being released as feature phones, meaning no more $30/month data plans. The previously required data plan was in essence a death sentence for Microsoft's Kin devices, given that these phones are primarily targeted at teens.
Image Credit: PPCGeeks.com
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HeartBurnKid
November 12, 2010 at 5:44pm
Hopefully, somebody will put together an Android distro or something for them. Then maybe they'll be worth something.
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