King@blackneon.net to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.world · 8 hours agoMicrosoft spent two years and $1B developing the Kin mobile phone line, which failed after just 48 days in 2010(May 14-June 30) due to poor sales. They blamed Verizon for not promoting it enoughen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square24fedilinkarrow-up195arrow-down12
arrow-up193arrow-down1external-linkMicrosoft spent two years and $1B developing the Kin mobile phone line, which failed after just 48 days in 2010(May 14-June 30) due to poor sales. They blamed Verizon for not promoting it enoughen.wikipedia.orgKing@blackneon.net to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.world · 8 hours agomessage-square24fedilink
minus-squareaeronmelon@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11arrow-down1·8 hours agoFor context, in 2010 Apple had just released the iPhone 4 and BlackBerry had the Bold & Pearl. Why doesn’t anyone want sliding keyboard phone that shamelessly looks like a knockoff iPhone 3G and runs none of those apps?
For context, in 2010 Apple had just released the iPhone 4 and BlackBerry had the Bold & Pearl.
Why doesn’t anyone want sliding keyboard phone that shamelessly looks like a knockoff iPhone 3G and runs none of those apps?