06-19-2011, 03:16 PM
10. Pippin
Yep. Poorly conceived and marketed. Doomed at the outset.
9. Round mouse
My hand still hurts.
8. Cube
Not applicable. Poor sales alone do not make a poor, let alone a "failed" product. See also IIfx.
7. MobileMe
Kinda agree here. They just never made it as competitive, as "must-have" as they should. Overall it just needed to be a little cheaper.
6. Apple///
Expensive without significant extra performance, so it belongs here.
5. ROKR E1
By Apple's standards of usability, a real failure yes. But putting iTunes onto a phone should be seen as foreshadowing, certainly. In other news, the Sony Soundman/Walkman was big and clunky at first.
4. Lisa
See Apple///, although it gets points for the graphical UI later improved upon on the Mac.
3. QuickTake
I can't fathom by what measurement this could be considered a failure. Because it didn't (again) sell like hotcakes? Ooh, I know, because all the Japanese companies had better, cheaper digital cameras available. Not.
2. iTunes
No, no no. It's Quicktime Windows users hate first, THEN iTunes. Windows users would rather use stuff called for example (and I am not making this up) foobar2000. Apropos, I'd say.
1. AppleTV
Sure, forget or minimize all it does better than any other media box and why that's important, let alone beneficial. After all, many of our otherwise esteemed members here do as well. (Cue the inevitable DiVX, AVI, WMP, Flash and other outcries.)
Yep. Poorly conceived and marketed. Doomed at the outset.
9. Round mouse
My hand still hurts.
8. Cube
Not applicable. Poor sales alone do not make a poor, let alone a "failed" product. See also IIfx.
7. MobileMe
Kinda agree here. They just never made it as competitive, as "must-have" as they should. Overall it just needed to be a little cheaper.
6. Apple///
Expensive without significant extra performance, so it belongs here.
5. ROKR E1
By Apple's standards of usability, a real failure yes. But putting iTunes onto a phone should be seen as foreshadowing, certainly. In other news, the Sony Soundman/Walkman was big and clunky at first.
4. Lisa
See Apple///, although it gets points for the graphical UI later improved upon on the Mac.
3. QuickTake
I can't fathom by what measurement this could be considered a failure. Because it didn't (again) sell like hotcakes? Ooh, I know, because all the Japanese companies had better, cheaper digital cameras available. Not.
2. iTunes
No, no no. It's Quicktime Windows users hate first, THEN iTunes. Windows users would rather use stuff called for example (and I am not making this up) foobar2000. Apropos, I'd say.
1. AppleTV
Sure, forget or minimize all it does better than any other media box and why that's important, let alone beneficial. After all, many of our otherwise esteemed members here do as well. (Cue the inevitable DiVX, AVI, WMP, Flash and other outcries.)