Photos: 10 tech disappointments...with cool names

Remember the 'taco phone?' Yeah, that was the Nokia N-Gage. It had a clever name, for sure. The awkwardly designed handheld gaming console was launched in 2003 as a rival to Nintendo's then-top-notch Game Boy Advance. Nokia's advantage? There was a cell phone built in. Unfortunately, talking on the phone required awkwardly turning the device sideways so that it resembled a taco held to one's ear. The N-Gage wasn't just a disappointment, it was an outright flip.

Nokia revamped the awkward handheld in 2004, dropping the "side-talking" and shaving a few bucks off the price, but the "taco phone" reputation had unfortunately stuck.