Sign up to The Irish Times Archive (1859 - 2008)My Account »
Fri 07 Jul 2010Microsoft efforts to rival Apple iPhone fail to come to fruition
MICROSOFT HAS pulled the plug on a new generation of smartphones less than three months after unveiling the devices that were part of its efforts to catch up with Apple and Google in the fast-growing mobile market.
Microsoft said this week it had cancelled plans to sell its “Kin” phones in Europe this autumn. The internal team working on the Kin phones will now be combined with the group working on Microsoft’s forthcoming Windows Phone 7 software.
Choose a Subscription type - required
