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famousringo on 30 June 2010

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

This needed to happen. Nobody wants a psuedo-smartphone, they either want the full deal or a simple dumbphone. Moreover, Microsoft's whole mobile strategy needs to be more integrated than it has been until now. All the platforms are too seperate and distinct when they could be synergistically supporting each other.

Next step is to integrate Zune into the Windows Phone 7 strategy.

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Munkeh111 on 30 June 2010

Yeah, I tried to squeeze into a niche that did not really exist...

But Windows Phone 7 series looks quite promising, but I would still put Android ahead of it

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Solid_Snake4RD on 30 June 2010

that was fast

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badgenome on 30 June 2010

Never heard of it. I was thinking they were changing "Kinect" to just "Ect".

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wholikeswood on 30 June 2010

The Kin is dead! Long live the Kin!

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Signalstar on 30 June 2010

Wow commercials are still airing even now.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F1gWECYYOSo

Please Watch/Share this video so it gets shown in Hollywood.

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mjk45 on 30 June 2010

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Solid_Snake4RD on 30 June 2010

Signalstar said:

Wow commercials are still airing even now.

i think they will atleast AIR commercials in USA to sell the existing produced systems

but they aren't making them any more

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Aion on 30 June 2010

Great, they are bad phones.

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Acevil on 30 June 2010

Makes you wonder, if any entertainment products will make a decent amount of profit.

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