I must say, with all the gaps in the current Windows Phone initiative (where are the apps?), I don’t understand the creation of a proprietary device/OS targeted at a strange demographic versus using those resources to propel Windows Phone. It seems like a massive duplication of effort and division of resources. I predict the market won’t buy in and this will be an epic fail right up there with the BOB project.
UPDATE: Only 500 KIN’s sold to date! Beyond EPIC FAILURE!
http://msmobiles.com/news.php/9212.html
[...] predicted in my April 15, 2010 post, the Microsoft KIN has died an epic failure! There is speculation that only 400 units sold in the [...]