http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/02/life-and-death-of-microsoft-kin-the-inside-story/ http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/02/life-and-death-of-microso... http://www

http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/02/life-and-death-of-microsoft-kin-the-inside-story/ http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/02/life-and-death-of-microso... http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/30/what-killed-the-kin/ http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/30/what-killed-the-kin/ These two articles from Engadget explain what happened very well. Essentially the thing was dead and cannibalized before it was released, it's a very sad story.