PCWorld names Microsoft Kin the Biggest Failure of 2010
Remember Microsoft Kin? The phone that was supposed to revive Windows Mobile originally. The phone in which Microsoft spent billions of dollars. The phone that was brainlessly code named “Project Pink”. The phone was advertised as the next Social Networking device but Microsoft somehow forgot to put IM in. The phone that was so terrible that they had to discontinue within months of launch because they probably sold only 2 of them (one each of both the release models).
Yeah that Microsoft Kin. It has been the Biggest Failure of 2010. No surprises here. Visit PCWorld for 19 more such devices.
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Two Fastest Selling Gadgets of All Time – iPad and Kinect
The two fastest selling gadgets of this year are not only the 2 best gadgets of the year, they are the fastest selling gadgets of al time! They might appeal to different category of audience but they are certainly the best gadgets to own this year.
TheNextWeb compiled a cool infographic to compare their sales and the respective earnings. Some interesting facts we deduced out of the infographic:
- Keeping in line with other Apple history, iPad’s Day 1 sales were thrice that of Kinect. Maybe RDF is the reason.
- Within 1 month, as the reviews probably started flowing in, the Kinect sales jumped ahead.
- Apple makes more than 4 times the revenue on every iPad compared to what Microsoft makes on Kinect.
Microsoft launches new 250 GB Xbox 360 console in India
Finally, Microsoft has launched the black 250 GB Xbox 360 console in India at a price tag of INR 21,990. The company, in a press release on Thursday, August 26th 2010 announced that the new console will be available at all leading organized retail stores across India.
