Microsoft Calling. Anyone There?

Microsoft Calling. Anyone There?:

Ashlee Vance, reporting for The New York Times:

Stylish designs, an emphasis on flashy social-networking features and an all-out marketing blitz were meant to prove that Microsoft could build the right product at the right time for the finickiest customers — gossiping youngsters with gadget skills.

But last week, less than two months after the Kins arrived in stores, Microsoft said it would kill the products.

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