Microsoft has announced two new phones in the US and the UK dubbed Kin on Monday. 

Kin, short for Kin-ship, won't run Windows Phone 7 it seems, but a variation of it.

"What if we took Windows Phone 7 and customised it for a social networking...

Microsoft is to finally launch its first foray into the smartphone hardware market with the launch of two smartphones on 12 April, that will replace the void left by the Sidekick in the US.

Branded as the "Pink" phones, Microsoft is expected...

Although Microsoft has repeatedly told the press that it would not be delevoping a Windows Phone of its own to go against the likes of HTC and other handset manufacturers, that hasn't stopped a new set of pictures leaking purporting to be just that.