7 Highly Hyped Gadgets That Never Launched
#4 The CrunchPad
CrunchPad was a 12-inch web tablet whose idea and design was a collaborative effort of Michael Arrington’s TechCrunch team and Chandra Rathakrishnan’s Fusion Garage. The tablet was based on Ubuntu and Webkit and was meant to be sold at $200. In November 2009, two days before the date of launch, strife started between the two companies as the share holders for Fusion Garage intended to drop the partnership with TechCrunch and carry out the CrunchPad flagship on their own. An angry Arrington announced that CrunchPad had met its early end. But a few months later, Fusion Garage started selling the product under the brand name “JooJoo”. TechCruch CEO filed a law suit against Fusion Garage under the Intellectual Rights Act and eight months later, the saga of JooJoo came to an end.
#3 Atari 2700
Notable for its Atari 2600 Video Computer System, in 1981, Atari decided to take a revolutionary step ahead by introducing wireless controllers for the sleek new Atari 2700 game console. The wireless joysticks had built-in features and were designed to fit in the palm of the gamer, highlighting its comfortable exterior. Many called it as the “perfect joystick”. Before their release, the gaming device went under a quality assurance test and was found with a grievous signal flaw in its hardware. Apparently the wireless controllers released a signal in the range of 100 feet radius which interfered with other electronic devices.
Rectification of this flaw required a costly redesign of the gaming product and hence the product was shelved.
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