Flashback: a decade of Microsoft's failed attempts to conquer the phone market - GSMArena.com news - GSMArena.com

The Kin phones were an odd experiment, but Windows Phone 7 was supposed to capture the phone market the same way that Window had the PC market.

Microsoft and Verizon somehow managed to kill the Kin phones twice. The first generation came out in 2010 and was designed by Danger - the company behind the Hiptop (aka T-Mobile Sidekick). Danger wa… [+9212 chars]

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