Microsoft Confirms It Is Killing Its Kin
The problem was Verizon
I said previously, if they really wanted this to succeed they should have put it on Virgin Mobile with a big ad campaign with the likes of MTV or something. You have the target the right demographic and this what they failed to do. The Sidekick became a big hit cause it worked on prepaid and T-Mo had Flexpay aka no contract plans with it as well. Verizon has none of the kind.
What phucking teenager is gonna have enough credit to get a line with Verizon by themselves and secondly why would a parent even trust a 14-15 old with a post-paid plan not go over their allocated minu...
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I thought MS was stupid for doing Kin + 7... maybe someone at top realized how stupid it was.
I'm pretty sure other phones (iphone/android) can practically do the same social networking features that the kin can do.
How exactly do you put a device that is constantly updating info to the studio on a pre-paid plan? Like any carrier is going to let you upload 8 gigs of data per month for $50 a month..lol.
Sigh. I wish kids never had access to computers. It would save so much time from having to respond to posts like this.
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