# 4 MediaFLO  

Mobile digital TV was indeed a novel thought sprout from Qualcomm. The company hoped to popularize the idea of accessing television shows on the give with the FLO TV, the personal television mobile device. Buyers turned indifferent to the innovation as its 16 channels of paid programming weren't live.

Later in 2010, Samsung and LG also came up with the prototypes for phones with built-in access to free digital TV signals from local stations. But none could stick to the market.

# 3 Palm Foleo  

Palm founder Jeff Hawkins’ "mobile companion" was capable of syncing with Palm smartphones as the buyers needed larger screens and a keyboard. In the initial stage itself his idea drew internal skepticism.

It had to face a blow anyway. Lacking native access to e-mail and other Palm applications, his critics were proved right. The pet project of Hawkins was killed by Palm CEO Ed Colligan even weeks before its expected launch.