Hosted by Quinn Nelson and Stephen Hackett.
Not all tech products succeed once on the market, and some are killed off with little warning. Flashback looks back at failed tech products to see what we can learn by studying their demises.
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#5: Three Failed Game Consoles
April 9th, 2020 · 57 minutes
On this episode, Quinn and Stephen explore three failed game consoles: the Apple Pippin, Nintendo Virtual Boy and the Ouya.
#4: webOS
March 26th, 2020 · 73 minutes
With its webOS hardware, including the Pre, Pixi and more, Palm (and later HP) tried to take on the giants of the early smartphone wars. While webOS was hugely innovative, it wasn't enough to break into the most important market in consumer electronics.
#3: The GM EV1
March 12th, 2020 · 63 minutes
Electric cars may seem like 21st century tech, but they are far from modern invention. Along the winding path to the present was the GM EV1, the first purpose-designed electric vehicle. It went on sale in 1996, but were all crushed within 10 years.
#2: The Microsoft Zune
February 27th, 2020 · 51 minutes
In the 2000s, the iPod was a true juggernaut, simply dominating the portable music player market. Microsoft wanted a piece of the pie, and launched the Zune 30, which eventually spread into a line of both hardware products and software services.
#1: The Newton
February 11th, 2020 · 42 minutes
Today, Apple is well known for its mobile devices like the iPhone and iPad, but in the 1990s, the Macintosh-only company invented the Personal Digital Assistant. However, after five short years, the whole Newton line was cancelled.
#0: Introduction
February 11th, 2020 · 2 minutes
On this season of Flashback, we’ll be looking at examples of failed tech products or companies.