Microsoft Kin was a phone platform "designed specifically for people who are actively navigating their social lives," but was deemed a failure before it even launched. Two Kin phones finally arrived in May 2010, and two months later, the entire platform was shelved.

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Videos:

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wscAwANF684

• https://www.lightpress.tv/microsoft-kin-basement-party

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pwyb7kwlL44

Sources:

• https://news.microsoft.com/source/2010/04/12/microsoft-ushers-in-the-next-generation-of-the-social-phone-with-kin-a-new-windows-phone/

• https://www.engadget.com/2010-07-02-life-and-death-of-microsoft-kin-the-inside-story.html

• https://web.archive.org/web/20201023040414/https://gigaom.com/2008/02/12/how-much-did-microsoft-pay-for-danger-find-out-here/

• https://www.engadget.com/2010-05-25-microsofts-robbie-bach-j-allard-leaving-as-part-of-broader-sha.html

• https://web.archive.org/web/20090508022801/http://www.crn.com/software/217300212

• https://www.theregister.com/2010/04/19/microsoft_kin_ad_boob/

• https://www.apple.com/newsroom/2010/01/05Apples-App-Store-Downloads-Top-Three-Billion/

• https://www.wired.com/2010/05/pr-microsft-kin/

• https://www.engadget.com/2010-05-05-kin-one-and-two-review.html

• https://www.phonearena.com/reviews/Microsoft-KIN-ONE-and-TWO-Review_id2442

• https://web.archive.org/web/20100702062008/http://gizmodo.com/5576764/microsoft-kills-kin

• https://web.archive.org/web/20110113123732/http://news.cnet.com/8301-13860_3-20009013-56.html

• https://web.archive.org/web/20120813082650/http://news.cnet.com/8301-10805_3-20023398-75.html

• https://www.theverge.com/2018/5/9/17335634/microsoft-jon-friedman-courier-kin-ultra-mobile-pcs-spot-build-2018

Chapters:

0:00:00 Intro

0:01:10 Development

0:08:42 The Launch

0:18:31 The Reviews

0:26:39 Kin's Death

0:35:46 Outro