Channel 9 Forums - Coffeehouse - Product testers too oldschool for New Microsoft http://mschnlnine.vo.llnwd.net/d1/Dev/App_Themes/C9/images/feedimage.png Channel 9 Forums - Coffeehouse - Product testers too oldschool for New Microsoft http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums Channel 9 keeps you up to date with the latest news and behind the scenes info from Microsoft that developers love to keep up with. From LINQ to SilverLight – Watch videos and hear about all the cool technologies coming and the people behind them. http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums en Thu, 23 May 2013 06:22:37 GMT Thu, 23 May 2013 06:22:37 GMT Rev9 1 -1 -1 Coffeehouse - Product testers too oldschool for New Microsoft So, that explains Win8 as well:

http://www.tomshardware.com/news/Kin-ONE-Kin-TWO-pre-production-laggy-internal-testing,19207.html

Wired has gained access to three supposed internal videos from Microsoft that show testers handling the failed Kin One and Kin Two family of smartphones.

Based on the videos alone, it appears that the Redmond company may have known these devices would flop on the market, but launched the social phones anyway to see if they would have better luck with the consumer masses.

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