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Photos: 10 tech disappointments...with cool names

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Have you ever thought that some tech companies occasionally invest more brainpower in naming their products than in making them successful? You're not the only one who thinks so. The digital age has been dotted with many a disappointing product that had a tragically awesome name; here are ten of our favorites in no particular order.

Microsoft's Zune, before its name was made public, was known among gadget geeks as simply the "iPod killer." And you've got to admit, Redmond didn't do that bad a job of actually naming the device once it got around to it--"Zune" is kind of funky in a post-Star Trek way, right? Unfortunately, as many speculated, the music player was a sales disappointment despite decent reviews. Even opening day interest was tepid, and it probably didn't help much that the announcement of the sales of one million Zunes came right around the same time that Apple celebrated the sale of its hundred millionth iPod.

                     

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The Dreamcast will be Sorely missed seanryan52@... | 07/20/07
I've got to agree rsirois@... | 07/20/07
I still have mine! Adamant22@... | 07/20/07
Me too! Dreamcast Lives on m.madden@... | 07/24/07
Agreed as well/Not a disappointment IMHO WoW > Work | 07/20/07
Dreamcast was ahead of its time.... jwanderson@... | 07/20/07
I liked my Dreamcast too blitz240@... | 07/20/07
Dreamcast VS PS2 ej@... | 07/22/07
No - Microsoft killed the DreamCast blazing-biz@... | 03/12/08
RE: (Photos: 10 tech disappointments...with cool names) richard.klein@... | 07/20/07
Not pegged as a flop?!? rsirois@... | 07/20/07
how many had em? golncor | 07/20/07
Not true on either count sketchy_2001 | 07/20/07
I agree irenaeus@... | 07/21/07
RE: (Photos: 10 tech disappointments...with cool names) david@... | 07/20/07
You can't compare UMPCs with PDAs like Blackberry and iPhones! Stelian | 07/20/07
RE: (Photos: 10 tech disappointments...with cool names) boylejv@... | 07/20/07
RE: (Photos: 10 tech disappointments...with cool names) gdavis1954@... | 07/20/07
The Apple Newton was a Revolution in it's own right! TheCoyoteDreams | 07/20/07
Utter Tosh sketchy_2001 | 07/20/07
Batteries & Graffi on the Newton TheCoyoteDreams | 07/23/07
I love Fanboys! Willy MacWindows | 07/21/07
n-gage me... flashboy@... | 07/20/07
N-Gage - good hardware, but.. ej@... | 07/22/07
RE: (Photos: 10 tech disappointments...with cool names) samhain.knight@... | 07/20/07
"sheeple" Great phrase! jerken | 07/20/07
SyQuest....large portable storage! TheCoyoteDreams | 07/23/07
Sheeple is right... Willy MacWindows | 07/21/07
Name me a phone company that doesn't bill@... | 07/22/07
Your love of it blinds you... bill@... | 07/22/07
your love of apple blinds you henrik@... | 10/15/07
I see you have become my personal Troll bill@... | 12/21/07
RE: (Photos: 10 tech disappointments...with cool names) thezar | 07/20/07
Audrey - Home Technology ahead of its time bdodgers | 07/20/07
RE: (Photos: 10 tech disappointments...with cool names) Totohydra | 07/20/07
Portable version to be called ... Pii? Totohydra | 07/20/07
RE: Portable version to be called ... Pii? clendanielc@... | 07/24/07
RE: (Photos: 10 tech disappointments...with cool names) themyselfer@... | 07/21/07
RE: (Photos: 10 tech disappointments...with cool names) themyselfer@... | 07/21/07
RE: (Photos: 10 tech disappointments...with cool names) haYnguy@... | 07/22/07
Zune Failed because of Music byrnesa@... | 07/23/07
Toshiba Gigabeat? ej@... | 07/23/07
Don't get it rrpostal@... | 09/06/07
RE: (Photos: 10 tech disappointments...with cool names) kohyg@... | 10/13/07
Some of these aren't flops! allleddddxxx@... | 12/03/07

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