It was buggy and far from perfect, but the Kin represented a major effort by Microsoft to expand its mobile base.
So why did they pull the plug after just 5 weeks?
Source:
http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/02/life-and-death-of-microsoft-kin-the-inside-story/
iPhone OS 4.0 Beta 2 slipped into the iPhone Dev Center earlier, but unless you're a developer and really need to test apps, it's best to skip this extra buggy beta and just keep playing around with the first.
Source:
http://gizmodo.com/5520921/warning-iphone-os-40-beta-2-is-not-a-toy
