Gizmodo are hearing that Microsoft are killing off the Kin project, which is hardly surprising given the poor uptake and the bad reviews that the device received. I actually think this is good news, with Kin and Windows Phone 7, as well as the recently announced Windows Phone Enterprise edition, Microsoft was making their mobile phone OS story confusing and fragmented. By moving the Kin team into the Windows Phone team, hopefully can only be goodness.
Microsoft's official statement is
We have made the decision to focus on our Windows Phone 7 launch and we will not ship KIN in Europe this fall as planned. Additionally, we are integrating our KIN team with the Windows Phone 7 team, incorporating valuable ideas and technologies from KIN into future Windows Phone releases. We will continue to work with Verizon in the U.S. to sell current KIN phonessource:
gizmodo.com
