Some of the product launches and technological services advertised and more funding in the last decade have proved a total failure. Products capable (in theory) to generate income millionaires have failed to meet expectations.
Some of the product launches and technological services advertised and increased funding for the past decade have resulted in utter failure.
In some cases, have led even the companies that launched lose their position as leaders in their sectors. And it is already known to the consumer, always demanding more of a fiasco, "she recalls that ten aciertos.En blog 24 / 7 Wall St find a list of ten technological fiascos over the last decade. To this end, we have taken into account products or companies target a global market, equivalent or more capacity to its competitors, capable (in theory) to generate income millionaires, and have failed to meet expectations is the relationship generadas.Esta :
Windows Vista
Microsoft operating system that seems doomed to receive a campion after another. Your security flaws, compatibility and user experience have prevented a product is considered superior to its predecessors, the best thing we can say it is that it has on the expiration date . Gateway
the PC maker was born in the U.S. in 1985, and for two decades was the third largest seller in the country, behind only HP and Dell. In 2004 he sold one of every four computers in the U.S., but its decay allowed Acer bought it in 2007 for $ 710 million, his fall is due to their reluctance to enter the notebook market, its lack of agility in the corporate market and will his failed entry into the consumer electronics market. HD DVD
loser format, launched by Toshiba and NEC, the battle for HD DVD, defeated by the Blu-ray, led by Sony. Although initially this advancement to sales, Sony's ability to agree with the major Hollywood studios distribute its movies in Blu-ray accounted for its lace. Vonage
this company was a pioneer in VoIP technology, but now vegetation in the shadow of Skype and cable operators. A pair of court rulings against him, preventing him from operating as a traditional telecommunications, marginalized to the company, which he sees as competitors like Comcast accumulate 6.8 million VoIP customers in the United States. YouTube
best example of how the popularity of a site does not necessarily accompanied by economic performance. Google unlikely to recover the 1,650 million dollars disbursed in November 2006 by the video site, which is experimenting with ad formats and premium content to try to monetize their millions of visitors every day. Sirius XM
a satellite radio system that aspired to become a successful gadget. auque got to reach nearly 6 million subscribers in the U.S. in late 2006, its huge debts it away profitability, analysts predict that if it can reach 10 million subscribers. A figure that they put online radio very difficult.
Zune media player Microsoft has never been able to come close to Apple's iPod sales, purpose for which it was designed. Despite being a hole in the accounts of the company, Microsoft does not throw in the towel and prepare a new version (probably the last attempt) after the summer
Palm
which for years was a leader in the field PDAs, has seen Apple and RIM's relegated to a secondary role, even threatened by Nokia and other makers of smartphones. Palm quickly realized that users wanted in one device voice traffic and data and pay it now.
Iridium Motorola
created this satellite phone company with an ambitious project to provide universal coverage for calls between mobiles. To function, it needed a network of 66 satellites, the cost of creating this system (a debt of 1,500 million dollars) and took only about 10,000 users in 1999 to one of the largest bankruptcies in U.S. history. Segway
transport aspired to revolutionize the way people move around large cities. Few were willing to spend 6,000 euros on a device difficult to handle and did not ensure the stability of the driver, what could leave the ground at the lowest dismissal. Between 2001 and 2007 the manufacturer has sold just 30,000 units.
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