MINYANVILLE ORIGINAL In May 2010 the Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT) Kin a mobile phone designed for social networking was released online and through Verizon (NYSE:VZ) Wireless stores. Within a mere two months poor sales drove Verizon to discontinue the phone and by January 2011 the Kin website was completely shut down. Microsoft gave up very quickly on the poor-selling Kin. Microsoft’s new tablet the Surface seems to be struggling as well with some analysts predicting it may not even sell 1 million units this quarter which is well below the 3 to 5 million Microsoft ordered for production. If the device does sell poorly cancellation ...