Remember those TiVoToGo OS X screenshots we came across in early January?
Wired's readers do, and they nominated it as the #10 vaporware (a much-hyped product that never appears) of 2005 in
Wired's annual Vaporware Awards. TiVo
has apparently been promising the
software for months, amidst Apple TiVo partnership rumors and rampant speculation about a Mac mini TiVo (or
TiVo-like) media
center.Another mentionable 2005 vaporware item, though not necessarily Apple-related, is the perpetually forthcoming Windows Vista, clocking in at number 4. I just have to tip my hat to one reader's comment that Wired printed: "It's been put off so many times, it's been called 'Hasta la Vista.'"
My favorite Apple-related piece of vaporware? The Apple Pippin.
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2-12-2006 @ 10:25AM
Richard said...
The Pippin wasn't vapourware, it was released, somewhat denying it that classification. I know, I've got one.
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2-12-2006 @ 11:35AM
David Chartier said...
According to Wired's awards, a product can be released and still obtain a "vaporware" classification (however unofficial). Many of Google's perpetually "beta" products were also named as vaporware for a few various reasons as well. It's an interesting set of rules they use, to say the least.
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2-12-2006 @ 11:49AM
Brent said...
MacBook Pro.
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2-12-2006 @ 1:03PM
David Chartier said...
#3: Nice try Brent, but the MacBook Pro wasn't even announced in 2005. ;) Which means it has an entire year ahead of it to miss deadlines or disappear off the product release radar anyway.
If I were to vote a current piece of vaporware from Apple, I think it would have to be that "Asteroid" audio box that caused all the blogging/confidentiality drama a while ago; when a couple of the rumor sites got sued. That has yet to see the light of day.
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2-12-2006 @ 1:13PM
Henry said...
The Mac Mini DVR except it doesn't count because it wasn't officially anounnced.
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2-12-2006 @ 2:24PM
Howard Wagler said...
Isn't it ironic that Microsoft is usually behind their deadline to introduce something, while Apple is normally way ahead of schedule (think Intel processor, ipod video)
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2-12-2006 @ 4:11PM
LD said...
Howard,
It isn't ironic in the least. Do you know what ironic means? I will use it in the proper fashion in a sentence for you. It would be ironic if you knew what ironic means.
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2-12-2006 @ 4:18PM
Sham The Sam said...
Neither the Pippin nor the "Asteroid" audio breakout box should be counted as vaporware. The Pippin wasn't released in beta (can hardware be released in beta? -maybe half-baked [ROKR]), and "Asteroid" was never announced.
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2-12-2006 @ 5:19PM
Dancer said...
Yes, TivoToGo would be great. Maybe we'll get it this year?
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2-13-2006 @ 12:15AM
Wry Cooter said...
The Apple Pippin could have been a success if they only allowed it to play any CD-ROM content that the Mac itself could also play. I don't even mean games. Just multimedia content.
The Apple Pippin died because the Japanese partner wanted to make an exclusive gaming console from it, then failed to develop any games-- they made it a closed system.
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2-13-2006 @ 12:49AM
Samual Icky said...
I've actually used the Pippen :)
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