Did you know that the first Microsoft phones were a $1 billion fiasco?

Four years ago, in May 2010, Microsoft launched its very first own-branded phones: the KIN ONE and KIN TWO. You probably remember them, right? Microsoft touted the two QWERTY-equipped handsets as “social phones” targeted at users between the ages of 15 and 30.



Manufactured by Sharp, the KIN ONE and KIN TWO were based on Windows CE, and had lots of common features, starting with a brand new home screen called KIN Loop - this was supposed to always keep you up to date with what happened on Facebook, Twitter, or MySpace. The handsets offered cloud storage (via KIN Studio), and access to Microsoft’s ...



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