Microsoft sold 500 Kin in 2 months

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Microsoft 2个月卖了500台Kin. Kin OS 不是WP7， 没有app，也不能玩游戏， 据说还挺贵。

同时微软已经取消了Kin， 吧人马全并到了Windows Phone team.

微软也不知道那根筋带错了， 把这种鬼东西拿出来试市场。

我对WP7是很期望的， 但唯一担心的是硬件都是第三方的，希望HTC能好好下点功夫，就算在多死几个民工也拼了。

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这里是一段MS Mobile VP的解释

Other details have also provided color as to the pre-launch conflicts that doomed Kin. The mobile group's senior vice president Andy Lees allegedly told the team for what was then called Project Pink to scrap all the work and start again based on a Windows CE platform solely for the sake of basing it on Windows. Remaking the OS for the Kin not only delayed it by 1.5 years but cost a deal with Verizon that many now believe as crucial to Kin's survival. The US carrier had been willing to offer heavily discounted plans to cater to the teen market, but the delay led Verizon to insist on charging for a full $70 smartphone plan, guaranteeing the Kin One and Kin Two would be ignored in favor of smartphones.

本来KIN和Verizon一年半前就会推出这款针对低端市场的Social Phone， 而且是很便宜的价格。
但由于一些决策错误，开发延迟了1年半， Verizon坚持要对这款低端的手机收全价$70.