As you may already know, Microsoft quit shipping the Kin Series couple of weeks ago in an official announcement, this made many people wondering what really prompted Microsoft from plan such a quick decision during this short of product release of its product, that's not Microsoft, it's unusually for them to give up so fast. Even the not-so good selling Zune music device is still on the stock shelves.

well according to the new blog site MobileCrunch, Microsoft had sold merely 8,800 units since its release date, at a no-contract price of $329, it works out to be $2.8 million (I trust their numbers). This barely covers the heavily advertisement dollars that microsoft had put it for the launch as well as press conferences it thrown.

In my personal opinion, I think Microsoft did the right thing because there's no way in heaven that the Kin will be anywhere nearly as popular as say the Motorola Droid. Please feel free to share your view?

Thanks to Mobilecrunch

Verizon has cut the price of both Microsoft Kin models. The Kin Two, seen here, drops from $99 to $49.  Over the weekend, Verizon quietly cut the price of both Kins. The lower-end Kin One dropped from $49 to $29, while the Kin Two went from $99 to $49. Those prices require users to sign a new two-year contract and agree to a $29 or higher monthly data plan, in addition to voice service.

Despite a significant TV ad campaign, the phones have gotten comparatively scant attention since their launch. The Kin, designed to target a similar demographic as the Sidekick, has faced steep competition from the iPhone and other smartphones, which don't cost any more per month and offer the ability to run thousands of applications.

I think Microsoft needs to get its act together and produce better phones in order to have a chance in this super competive mobile world, otherwise I think they will be disappearing from the Smartphone chart by this time next year.

source: cnet