14 Facts About Microsoft Kin

Microsoft invested two years and about US$1 billion developing the Kin platform, beginning with its acquisition of Danger Incorporated.

Microsoft Kin TWOm was discontinued in August 2011; unsold inventory could still be found for sale on deals sites as late as June 2013.

Nonetheless, Microsoft spent a further two years developing the Kin until its release in 2010.

Microsoft Kin was then shown sending the image to a female teenager.

Microsoft Kin's planned European release on UK carrier Vodafone was canceled.

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Home screen on Microsoft Kin was called Loop, and served as an aggregator for social networking connections from Facebook, Twitter, Windows Live, and MySpace as well as web content from web feeds.

Microsoft Kin did not support uploading photos or videos to Twitter.

However, Microsoft Kin did not support attachments to non-e-mail media such as MMS and could not be used to send content to social media sites.

Microsoft Kin ONE had a five-megapixel camera with standard-definition video recording capabilities.

The Microsoft Kin TWO included an eight-megapixel camera with 720p video recording.

Microsoft Kin did not support playing video from sites such as YouTube or Hulu, although the devices could watch YouTube videos from the browser through WiFi or 3G.

Microsoft Kin had no app store and no third-party apps could be installed on the phones.

Microsoft Kin has been described as a "close cousin" to Windows Phone, with shared user interface characteristics.

Where the Microsoft Kin TWO was formerly $100 on a two-year contract, the new Microsoft Kin TWOm was offered at $20 on contract.