Less than two months after they showed up in stores amid a burst of hype over their social-media capabilities, Microsoft's Kin smartphones have roamed into a dead zone. The company is scrapping the entire project, although Verizon Wireless will keep selling the Kin One and Kin Two models.
Accounts of the Kin's demise pointed to the same flaws that had gotten it panned in reviews -- a lack of add-on programs and service costs no cheaper than those of far more capable smartphones.
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