Verizon Hammers Final Nail in Kin's Coffin
Verizon Hammers Final Nail in Kin's Coffin
Posted 07/19/2010 at 6:18am
| by Paul Lilly
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Microsoft may have killed the Kin smartphone all on its own, but it's Verizon who's now throwing dirt on the grave. According to reports, Verizon wants nothing more to do with the device.
"We're getting word, confirmed through two sources, that anything and everything Kin gets sent back to...wherever...starting tomorrow," WMExperts reports. "What happens to them is anyone's guess."
We have a pretty good guess of our own. Given the highly limited production run, someone's going to make off like bandits years from now for having held onto one of these things. In the meantime, internal documents suggest WMExperts' sources are spot on.
"On July 18th Verizon Wireless will discontinue forward sales of the existing Kin One and Kin Two. Customers who currently have a Kin one or Kin Two will continue to be supported," reads an internal message to Verizon employees.
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Trooper_One
July 20, 2010 at 12:02pm
That's why I'm very cautious on even considering MS-hardware. There's been quite a few products where they made a big push then seemingly abandon it shortly after.
It really kills the trust on Microsoft hardware products.
BuLLg0d
July 20, 2010 at 6:33pm
I bought drm music from the now defunct Microsoft Music store (or whatever it was called), only to have it go down when they launched the Zune Player and the Zune store. I had to call MS to have them unlock my music after a reformat.... was not a pleasant experience... I learned my lesson about buying into MS "stores" . Xbox Live excluded, although, I think they did do a revamp and killed off the original Xb Live site...
Tekzel
July 20, 2010 at 7:58am
It does seem to be an awful waste of money. Yet, they are busy axing employees. I wonder how many they could have kept on staff if they hadn't wasted all that money on R&D for these things. Of course a big part of that cost is IN the staff. Oh well, big corporate finance is beyond me.
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You know users... Buncha bitchy little girls.
violian
July 19, 2010 at 10:49am
wow, didn't these things just came out? I just saw a Kin commercial just the other nite? And they're axing it already? Microsoft's Marketing division is just whack.
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