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Kin Studio closing January 31st, Verizon offers free phones to affected customers

Kin Studio closing January 31st, Verizon offers free phones to affected customers

Posted on Dec 13, 2010 by MG1

Though the final nail in the Microsoft Kin coffin has yet to be tapped into place, the software that made the pair of ill-fated handsets strangely compelling will soon get the axe. Come January 31st, ...

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Kin ONEm and Kin TWOm back at Verizon

Kin ONEm and Kin TWOm back at Verizon

Posted on Nov 18, 2010 by MG3

That's no typo, folks, Microsoft's own-brand pseudo-smartphones are back at Verizon, this time sporting an 'm' appendage to their names and what look...

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Microsoft Kin Phones: Go Ahead and Call It a Comeback

Microsoft Kin Phones: Go Ahead and Call It a Comeback

Posted on Nov 15, 2010 by MG1

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 ...

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KIN “just defocused activity from Windows Phone”

KIN “just defocused activity from Windows Phone”

Posted on Sep 29, 2010 by MG1

Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer has spoken to Seattle Times about various Microsoft industries, including Windows Phone 7 and the ill-fated KIN phones.
Noting that boldness was the company’s strategy, als...

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Microsoft quietly updates Verizon KIN phones' Twitter app

Microsoft quietly updates Verizon KIN phones' Twitter app

Posted on Aug 06, 2010 by MG15

Microsoft may have killed the Verizon KIN phone lineup, but it continues to quietly push out software updates. This time, update enables new Twitter features.

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Kin listed as at least $240 million writeoff in Microsoft earnings report

Kin listed as at least $240 million writeoff in Microsoft earnings report

Posted on Jul 23, 2010 by MG15

Here's a tidbit in today's Microsoft quarterly earnings that we previously overlooked: a $240 million cost of revenue 'primarily... resulting from th

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Microsoft Kin gets a software update, still can't re-tweet

Microsoft Kin gets a software update, still can't re-tweet

Posted on Jul 23, 2010 by MG15

We're going to go out on a limb and guess that most folks haven't been losing sleep over the prospect of a Kin software update

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Verizon halting Kin sales, supply getting returned to sender?

Verizon halting Kin sales, supply getting returned to sender?

Posted on Jul 19, 2010 by MG15

Not that Verizon really cared much for it anyway, but according to WMExperts, the carrier is preparing to cease sales of the Microsoft's Kin altogeth

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Microsoft Sold Only 503 KIN Phones

Microsoft Sold Only 503 KIN Phones

Posted on Jul 08, 2010 by MG2

According to rumors across the web, only 503 KIN phones were sold by Microsoft, putting it very near the 500 number that was rumored days ago.

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Switched On: Kin's seven deadly sins

Switched On: Kin's seven deadly sins

Posted on Jul 06, 2010 by MG2

Each week Ross Rubin contributes Switched On, a column about consumer technology. There may have been a lot of behind-the-scenes machinations at

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Please say it isn’t so!

Please say it isn’t so!

Posted on Jul 04, 2010 by MG15

One of the Kin phone’s great features is the Studio providing automatic back up for all the data to the cloud. Microsoft has hinted the availability for a similar

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Microsoft Kin Gets Own Memorial Website

Microsoft Kin Gets Own Memorial Website

Posted on Jul 04, 2010 by MG15

The Microsoft Kin's untimely demise earned a memorial website dedicated to its brief time in the mobile world.

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Microsoft kills the KIN, refuses to sell it in Europe

Microsoft kills the KIN, refuses to sell it in Europe

Posted on Jul 01, 2010 by MG15

Apparently Microsoft has come to the realization that, much like the hipsters it was targeting with the device, no one wants to be caught dead with a KIN.

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Kin One drops to $29, Two drops to $49, data plans remain silly expensive

Kin One drops to $29, Two drops to $49, data plans remain silly expensive

Posted on Jun 29, 2010 by MG15

Best Buy's already taken to offering Microsoft's Kin One for free and the Two for $49 on sale, but it looks like Verizon's officially lowering

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Microsoft prepping Yahoo, AIM, and Windows Live Messenger support for Kin?

Microsoft prepping Yahoo, AIM, and Windows Live Messenger support for Kin?

Posted on Jun 16, 2010 by MG15

The list of conspicuously missing features on Microsoft's Kin devices is a lengthy one, but considering the target demographic, there's at least one

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