I haven’t done much on the Microsoft Kin as it’s been focused around a small segment in North America, but goodness me, it seems they’ve hit the wall rather badly if these ‘well placed tips’ are to be believed:
Claims that Microsoft may have sold just 500 Kin phones before the end may have been accurate. A tip from a “well-placed little birdie” to historically reliable John Gruber said Wednesday that Microsoft only sold 503 of the phones in the six weeks before the phase-out began. Previous talk had claimed it was higher, but still under 10,000.
Have a read of this post for more (inc follow-on links).
(If you’re looking for more on the Kin, check out Noah’s unboxing overview video at PhoneDog)
I see your 500 and raise you 8800 (although it IS possible M$ gave away a huge number of handsets):
http://thenextweb.com/mobile/2010/07/08/dont-be…
Still under 10k? Microsoft should have given them away at some conferences!
Haha, now that's a geat idea. Have you used your Wave? I'm really not a big fan, have taken to carrying around in my laptop bag as a backup video recorder.
Still a fail as far as I can reckon