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"Microsoft\u2019s phone for the teens will be discontinued soon without seeing the light of day in Europe.\r\n\r\nMy colleague Jacob called it quite a while back, saying that the KIN didn\u2019t have a future. \u00A0It seems he was right. \u00A0Microsoft has announced that it is planning to merge the KIN team into the Windows Phone 7 group.\r\n\r\nAs of now Verizon and Microsoft will sell off the KINs that are presently in the wild, though I see no reason why one would buy it now. Europe will not see any KINs officially.\r\n\r\nMicrosoft had the following to say on the issue:\r\n&amp;quot;We have made the decision to focus exclusively on Windows Phone 7 and we will not ship KIN in Europe this fall as planned. Additionally, we are integrating our KIN team with the Windows Phone 7 team, incorporating valuable ideas and technologies from KIN into future Windows Phone releases. We will continue to work with Verizon in the U.S. to sell current KIN phones.&amp;quot;\r\nMicrosoft and Verizon tried to slash the prices and spend big bucks on a campaign but that didn\u2019t seem to attract any customers. The phone got mixed reaction, negative mostly but was a good start.\r\n\r\nHopefully we shall see some KIN features in Windows Phone 7. KIN Spot should be top on Microsoft\u2019s list."^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
<http://thenextweb.com/microsoft/2010/06/30/microsoft-kin-canned/>