Please Notify Microsoft's Next Of Kin

CNET reports Microsoft has decided to pull the plug on its Kin platform feature phones.  The decision comes just 2 months after the launch of the product.  Kin was marketed towards teenagers and college students.

The feature phone seemed to be designed as "training wheels" for future smart phone users.  It had social networking applications and the Zune software built in.  Since the phone was designed to be a feature phone, you could not install additional apps on the phone.  The downfall of the Kin may of been its data contract.  The cost of the contract was on par with smart phones like the iPhone.  RIP Kin.