“It’s that time of year again: Families will soon gather for turkey, stuffing and a big side of football, and the Fierce editorial team is thinking of turkeys. In our third-annual review (see the 2008 and 2009 lists) we decided to take a look back at the companies, products and strategies that fell short–and in some cases, simply imploded,” Phil Goldstein writes for FierceWireless. “This is our list of the top wireless turkeys of 2010–the products, ideas and business strategies that either failed to meet expectations or were so poorly executed that they flopped with the consumer.”
Top Wireless Turkeys of 2010:
(Ranked on a scale of 1 to 5 turkeys, with 5 being the biggest calamity)
• Google Nexus One (3 turkeys)
• Net neutrality (3.5 turkeys)
• Garmin-Asus (4 turkeys)
• Palm Pre Plus, Palm Pixi Plus, and Palm as an independent company (4 turkeys)
• Cox Communications’ wireless service (4 turkeys)
• FLO TV (4 turkeys)
• Symbian (4.5 turkeys)
• Microsoft’s Kin phones (5 turkeys)
Full article here.