Kin utterly failed in execution, too late, too buggy and crippled (due to common Microsoft pathologies), the carrier plan was too expensive for the target marke

Kin utterly failed in execution, too late, too buggy and crippled (due to common Microsoft pathologies), the carrier plan was too expensive for the target market, which at one time was at least somewhat healthy (T-Mobile Sidekick). Like the Fire, "everyone" expected it to fail by the time it was launched.