Microsoft’s new Kin phone sits between two worlds. It isn’t really a smartphone — there’s no access to apps, games, document editing or viewing — but it’s more than a feature phone. It ...

Microsoft's Kin phone was doomed to failure by bad pricing, poor features and lame marketing.

The first reviews of Microsoft’s Kin phones are in, and while critics don’t agree on whether the phones are a success, they do agree on one thing: the price of Verizon Wireless’ data plans ...

Microsoft’s attempt to be hip and cool in mobile is a bust. The company has decided to stop introducing new Kin-branded phones and will scrap the device’s European launch. Instead it plans to ...

Interestingly, the Kin and Android have their roots in technology created by the same person, Andy Rubin. Rubin co-founded a company called Danger, which developed the groundbreaking Sidekick phone.

Microsoft bills the Kin as a mobile phone for the "social generation" -- but something about the device just doesn't add up.

The Microsoft Kin has now eclipsed Bob and Zune as Microsoft's worst failure, a boner so bad that it's been canceled only six weeks after it was announced. Sales estimates for the Kin range from ...

It's no wonder people are mystified about Microsoft's apparent lack of phone strategy: in this context, the KIN launch was mind-boggling. Leaving KIN phones as just KIN phones —and not Windows ...

Making calls with the Kin Two should be much easier than it is. The phone button is hidden beneath the slide, on the lower left corner of the keyboard. I'd rather not have to open the QWERTY every ...

Microsoft is dropping its new Kin phone after poor sales, reassigning the team and shifting its focus to the upcoming Windows Phone 7 platform.

Microsoft’s Project Pink—sorry, Kin—in a sentence: It’s the phone I’d beg my mom for if I was 15 again. And didn’t want an iPhone. The gawky teenage offspring of Windows Phone 7 and ...