Retrospective on Apple dips

Now many people think that every Apple product is certainly doomed to success. New iPhone, iPad and iPad mini break all sales records and is gaining market share. However, in its long history razrozhdalas Apple not only absolute hits. Even now, some of the new products do not find an adequate response in the hearts of users. Let's look at apple products and solutions, which, for one reason or another have not found international fame.

QuickTake Camera (1994 - 1997)

In those years, Apple has been on a general wave pictures boom, however, it QuickTake Camera with photographs in a resolution of 640 × 480, in practice, proved to be futile. Nevertheless, this is one of the first digital cameras, and everything once started small. With the return of this camera Jobs, like many other product lines, it was sacrificed multifunctional smartphones.

Appendix Cards (2011 to present)

Cards Apple introduced iPhone 4S during the presentation. As planned by the developers with this application users iOS devices could create and share electronic cards. Apple even updated the application, adding new design options and functions, but tell me, who use these Cards?

FaceTime as an open standard (2010-present)

FaceTime was announced as part of WWDC 2010 and while Steve Jobs spoke of Apple's plans to make FaceTime an open standard. This idea was received with some surprise, as all are aware of how "much" love apple company to work with someone else. It took 2 years, but FaceTime remained exceptionally Apple tricks. Perhaps, Apple relied on FaceTime as Skype killer and similar services, video calling, but that did not happen. True, Apple did not announce the reasons.

iPod Hi-Fi (2006 - 2007)

Not everyone knows that in the distant 2006 Apple wanted to break into the market is not only the players (it is quite successful), but also accessories. In the end, the audience was presented a fairly steep accessory that promised excellent sound quality, but cost $ 350. Incredible, but found very few people willing to pay such a sum for a clumsy kind of speaker-stand for the player.

Appendix Texas Hold-em for iPhone (2006 - 2011)

In fact, the application has been made on the conscience, and fans of Texas Hold'em killed there many hours. Moreover, it is the only game application released by Apple themselves. It would seem that nothing boded trouble, but at some point Apple stopped updating the application, and in November 2011 it just disappeared from the App Store. Why did it happen so? Apple has not said anything.

iPod Socks (2004 - 2011)

From a practical point of view, these "socks for iPod» could be quite useful, but for obvious reasons, many customers took these accessories as a joke. By the way, these colorful accessories lain on the shelves 8 years before they were removed from the sales. Now, when they do not buy in the official stores, on your toes expected demand grew.

Apple's Bluetooth Headset (2007 - 2009)

No matter how faithful were not users of apple products, but paying $ 130 for a headset that inferior Function counterparts and thus was the most expensive in its segment, want not many.

Ping (2010 - 2012)

Social network for Apple's had huge potential, but in practice it has turned out epic failure. Reasons on the lot. Firstly, many people do not like the fact that when you start the service works only supports songs bought on iTunes. Second, instead of aggressive unwinding due to availability at any Apple browser closed their offspring inside iTunes. Even Lady Gaga could not revive the service.

Motorola Rokr (2005 - 2006)

And then Motorola? The fact is, this is the first handset got iTunes support. Unfortunately, the Motorola did a bad phone, and even more poor player, that yielded the expected statistics on sales. Moreover, Rokr disgraced even to his presentation in the hands of Steve Jobs. Rokr E1 was released in 2005, and in 2006 it replaced the model E2, which was already in place iTunes Real Player. But a year later came the iPhone and all everything was clear.

[via Wired]