Things Beginning With "Kin" Now Cost Less

First it was the Kindle. After Barnes & Noble knocked the Nook down, Amazon cut the price for the basic Kindle model (not the DX) from $259 to $189, which analysts nervously noted had to be close to Amazon's cost of production. Will they make it up on the back-end, in e-books?

Now it's Microsoft's Kin. Verizon has "quietly," says PC Mag, dropped the price of the Kin One to $29.99 with a two-year contract. A Kin Two is now $49.99. (Previously the devices were $99.99 and $49.99, respectively.) So far there are over 30 stories on this quiet price cut.

Starbucks and Boeing don't seem to sell anything that begins with "kin," but Nordstrom is selling the Kinerase "Ultimate Repair" Moisture System (a $146 value!) for just $95. It's uncanny.