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Photos: Tech's 10 most-hyped product launches

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Gizmondo
A new kind of handheld video game device, the Gizmondo included GPS for car navigation, as well as General Packet Radio Service for wireless connections. The manufacturer, Tiger Telecommunications, hyped the device with a huge display at the E3 gaming conference, a fancy store in London, and expectations that it would become a leader in the field. But the device bombed, the company went into bankruptcy, and an executive made worldwide headlines when he crashed a million-dollar Ferrari Enzo on the Pacific Coast Highway in Malibu, Calif.
                   

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