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Microsoft Axes Kin Phones Just Six Weeks After Launch

BY Dan Nosowitz | 06-30-2010 | 7:29 PM | MAGAZINE

Surprise news: Microsoft killed its not-quite-a-smartphone Kin line after a mere month and a half on store shelves. READ MORE›

Inside Microsoft's Kin Phones: Not a Dumbphone, Not Yet a Smartphone

BY Dan Nosowitz | 04-12-2010 | 11:08 PM | MAGAZINE

Microsoft's newly announced Kin phones are unusual, and not just because they use the phrase "cranking social to 11" without any evident shame. It's what's inside these things that separates them from the pack--hardware and software services both.READ MORE›