Why These 'Revolutionary' Phones Failed So Hard
Every year, gadget companies like to flaunt out their latest flagship smartphones and show off all of the…
Microsoft's Kin ONEm and Kin TWOm Are Back On Sale, at Verizon
We warned you they would be back—and look who just swaggered into town today, as if they never even got killed off by…
The Microsoft Kin Is Coming Back To Life On Verizon
The Microsoft Kin One and Kin Two—which were killed off six weeks after launching—are coming back to life according to…
Steve Ballmer's Bonus Was Halved Because of Kin Phone Screw-Ups
Two years on from taking over Old Billy Gates' role, and Steve Ballmer's not doing too badly. WP7 has got people…
Microsoft Kin Gets A Little Twitter Software Update
Apparently the Microsoft Kin has received a little Twitter software update, but it's still not perfect:
More Kin Dirt Surfaces
If people had talked this much about Kin while it was still alive, it might have stood a chance. Oh well! The battle…
Kin Memorial Site Helps You Work Through The Pain
Kin, we hardly knew ye. If you're overwhelmed with grief over the demise of Microsoft's smart-dumbphones, or maybe—just…
The Anatomy of Kin's Demise
The sudden death of Kin came as a surprise, but it's increasingly clear that it shouldn't have. First came hints of inte…
The Real Kin Culprit: Internal Microsoft Bickering
Theories abound as to the forces behind Kin's speedy demise. And yes, ultimately the plug got pulled because it wasn't…
Microsoft Kills Kin
Just six weeks after launch, Microsoft's Kin, the social phone we wanted to love, is dead. Microsoft is ending its…
Verizon Lowers Price on Kin One to $29 and Kin Two to $49
If you're interested in either the Kin One or Kin Two and don't mind its expensive data plans, then you might as well…
Microsoft Kin Phones Will Get Apps, But When?
Microsoft had told us that the Kin and Windows Phone 7 platforms would grow closer in the future, and under heat for…
Microsoft Kin Phones Shipping May 13?
A leaked email has all but confirmed the recently revealed Kin phones will launch on Verizon in May. Thanks to the…
Microsoft's Kin Could Be Offered By AT&T and T-Mobile
Verizon and Vodafone may've already announced exclusive deals for Kin 1 and Kin 2, but a ROM hacker by the name of…
28 Ways Microsoft Could Market the Kin to Non-Hipster Demographics
For this week's Photoshop Contest, I asked you to help Microsoft take aim at some demographics other than hipsters. And…
Overly Sensitive Populace Leads Microsoft to Kill "Sexting" Kin Ad
In an otherwise unremarkable Microsoft Kin ad (complete with ironically dressed hipsters!), an of-age man snaps a quick…
Listen to Wilson Rothman's Soothing Voice Discuss Kin, iPad, the Future
Confused about Kin? Still, somehow, not yet tapped out on iPad news? Then sit a spell and hit play on this podcast,…
Microsoft Kin: Rise of the Smart Dumbphones
This week, Microsoft finally unveiled what had long been known, in rumors and leaks, as Project Pink. The official…
Hey Microsoft: Enough With the Hipsters
Do you wear silly hats? Glasses that cover more than 35% percent of your face? Have a beard, even though you can't…
Why Microsoft Is Trying to Sell a (Smart) Dumbphone
Dumbphones are dead, right? So why—at the time of the great Windows Phone 7 resurrection—is Microsoft pushing a totally…