The lateness of the Kin is supposed to be one of the reasons Verizon did that, the market window had passed.  It was also only a fraction of what was promised, heck, what Danger and T-Mobile delivered years earlier (as far as I know you&#x27;re wrong about what it actually delivered at launch vs. what was promised).<p>Microsoft&#x27;s database blunder with the Sidekick less than a year before the Kin&#x27;s release (<a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;2009_Sidekick_data_loss" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;2009_Sidekick_data_loss</a>) also contributed, I&#x27;m sure, at that time few were willing to trust them with their data.  It&#x27;s a testament to how far Microsoft has come that that&#x27;s apparently changed with Azure.<p>In this case, I view Verizon as replying in kind.  Which is part of my point, when you treat your peers like s<i></i>*, there are consequences.