After an unsuccessful first outing, Microsoft’s second-effort Kin phones are available from Verizon, this time with a different operating system, slightly different pricing options and without their ...

Microsoft’s KIN phone platform was an interesting experiment. The phones combined aspects of smartphones and standard phones, by letting you access social networking sites, manage media, and perform ...

Microsoft this week acknowledged that its Kin mobile devices were dead on arrival and halted further development. Kin ended up being an expensive experiment for Microsoft, but although the devices ...

More than just a phone, Kin is a new social experience Microsoft claims, combing online services and the PC for the socially connected consumer. But is it any good? Just when you thought teens had ...

This must be music to the ears of rivals Apple and Google. Launched in April and dead by June, the Kin was targeted at 15 to 30 year olds. The two Kin models - One and Two - were supposed to tap into ...

After years of playing it safe in the mobile space, Microsoft is charging forward in 2010. Its Windows Phone 7 update is a logical step for the world's biggest computer company, but today's launch of ...