Microsoft kills the Kin originator of Kinect name

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  1. ASSEMbler

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    3 months?

    I thought the Kin only lasted 6 weeks...

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    I don't think anyones surprised, the fact that they tried to launch an entirely separate phone experience while hyping up their complete revamp of windows mobile with winphone7 definitely was a big 'huh?' in my book
     
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    The problem was the carriers made everyone get smartphone rates.

    Kin was supposed to be normal phone rates.

    Of course, the carriers refused, and kin died.
     
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    fwiw I did think that the Kin's desktop timeline stuff looked nice, but the UI for the phone itself turned me off
     
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    It looked awesome as a normal phone. Paying smartphone plan, it would suck.
     
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    Has there been any quotes on that? I thought they said it was an amalgam of 'Connect' and 'Kinetic'. At no point have they connected the Kin to the Kinect, as far as I was aware.
     
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    They were both pet projects of allard
     
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    The press did.

    What a shame. I find it interesting and would import one...
     
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    The Kin is dead?? News to me, i still see commercials for it every other commercial break on TV here.
     
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    the decided to focus on WP7, Kin group is being merged in
     
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    There doesn't seem to be any connection (in name) for Kin and Kinnect, and there would be no use in any connection being there anyway.
     
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