http://www.nytimes.com/2010/07/01/technology/01phone.html
Just 48 days after Microsoft began selling the Kin, a smartphone
for the younger set, the company discontinued it because of
disappointing sales.
The swift turnabout for the Kin, which Microsoft took two years to
develop and whose release was backed with a hefty ad budget, is the
latest sign of disarray for Microsoft’s recently reorganized consumer
product unit.
“It’s an absolute failure,” said Charles S. Golvin, an analyst with
Forrester Research. Mr. Golvin said he was surprised to see Microsoft
kill a product so quickly, given the company’s history of sticking
with new products and improving them over time.
Microsoft’s consumer products unit has struggled to offer a credible
competitors to Apple’s iPod and more recently the iPhone and an array
of smartphones powered by Google’s Android software.
Microsoft also recently canceled a project to develop a tablet
computer that would compete with Apple’s popular iPad.
Microsoft said that it would shift employees who worked on the Kin to
the team in charge of Windows Phone 7, a coming revision of
Microsoft’s operating system for smartphones, which is due in the
fall. The Kin, which came in two models, was aimed at young users and
emphasized access to social networks like Facebook and
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