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Geeky items that flopped

The first 11 items on the list were curated by the FAVES + CO. team. If you know a geeky product that is no more, add to the list.

Facebook Deals (2011)

Summary: Facebook has killed Facebook Deals after four months of running a pilot program in a handful of cities. This is not to be confused with Check-in Deals, which has not been axed. Facebook quietly announced that it is killing its Facebook Deals product.

Zune.net (Now Xbox) (2011)

The purpose of this Q&A is for Zune users to learn where to find information and support for their Zune products and services, and to learn how to take advantage of the new Xbox Music service. What happened to the Zune.net site?

Twitter Peek (2009)

Peek Inc. is a mobile technology company headquartered in New York, NY. Its flagship product is the Genius Cloud, a set of cloud services and client applications that equip mass market phones with smartphone-quality apps. The company's roots are with its mobile Internet device, an ultra low-cost smartphone that was an email-only mobile handheld device launched in September 2008.

HD DVD (2008)

HD DVD (short for High-Definition/Density DVD) is a discontinued high-density optical disc format for storing data and high-definition video. Supported principally by Toshiba, HD DVD was envisioned to be the successor to the standard DVD format. In February 2008, after a protracted format war with rival Blu-ray Disc, Toshiba abandoned the format, announcing it no longer developed or manufactured HD DVD players or drives.

Nokia N-Gage (2003)

The N-Gage is a mobile phone and handheld game system by Nokia, based on the Nokia Series 60 platform, released on October 7, 2003. The replaced the original N-Gage in 2004. N-Gage attempted to lure gamers away from the Game Boy Advance by including mobile phone functionality.

Squircle MP3 player

Quite simply the most horrible MP3 player we've ever seen. It sounds abysmal and looks grotesque. Although it technically does work as a card reader, it should be considered an absolute emergency backup at best. Give your £15 to a charity and leave the Squircle on the shelf

Sega Dreamcast (1999)

Despite its short lifespan, the Dreamcast was widely hailed as ahead of its time. It saw the release of many new game series which have been considered creative and innovative, such as , Jet Set Radio , and , the most expensive game ever produced upon release.

Omega Zip Drive (1999)

Non-free media information and use rationale - non-free logo for Iomega Zip drive Description This is a logo for Iomega Zip drive. Source The logo may be obtained from Iomega Zip drive. Portion used The entire logo is used to convey the meaning intended and avoid tarnishing or misrepresenting the intended image.

Polaroid Polavision (1977)

Polaroid Founder-Chairman Edwin Land is a showman who likes to use his corporation's annual meetings to stage splashy demonstrations of the company's latest instant-photography miracles. Last week he had a stunning new one to display: instant movies, which Polaroid is preparing to market on a limited basis in the fall after 30 years of experimenting.

Warner's Qube (1977)

by Ken Freed . . The Qube network in the Seventies set the mark for interactive TV, but the business case was a bust. T he idea of two-way TV is not new. The interactive TV ventures of today can trace their roots back to an Ohio college town.

AT&T Laptop Dock for Motorola ATRIX 4G (2011)

Unleash the computing power of the Motorola ATRIX 4G for AT&T with its companion Lapdock, which offers a larger screen, keyboard and trackpad--enabling you to have an enhanced and more interactive computer-like experience with your device.

Sega 32X (1995)

The companies hyped the product, and people rushed to the store to stand in line for Windows Vista, the original Apple iPhone, or an Amazon Kindle 2. And then the roof caved in -- the product was unreliable and buggy, or within months the prices dropped

Apple iMac G3 (1998)

The original iMac had a 233 MHz PowerPC G3 (PowerPC 750) chip, with 512 KB L2 cache running at 116.6 MHz, which also ran in Apple's high-end Power Macintosh line at the time, though at higher speeds, with more expensive models shipping with 1 MB L2 cache.

Windows Me (2000)

The companies hyped the product, and people rushed to the store to stand in line for Windows Vista, the original Apple iPhone, or an Amazon Kindle 2. And then the roof caved in -- the product was unreliable and buggy, or within months the prices dropped

HTC Dream (G1) (2008)

The HTC Dream was released in the U.S. on 22 October 2008; in the UK on 30 October 2008; and became available in other European countries including Austria, Netherlands, and the Czech Republic in early 2009. It was released in Germany in February 2009 with a QWERTZ keyboard and in France in March 2009 with an AZERTY keyboard.