The result was an embarrassing retreat - and a pair of Vizio lawsuits. Regulatory hurdles scuttled its plans to acquire Vizio, which was to be LeEco’s big entrance in the US television and entertainment market. (There was also that time its self-driving car didn’t make it to its own unveiling.) But LeEco’s two biggest gambles - an acquisition of California TV maker Vizio and a high-profile Tesla competitor called Faraday Future - ended up tarnishing its reputation and massively derailing the company’s plans to launch an electronics business in the US. LeEco, the “Netflix of China,” was supposed to be the next Chinese tech company to make it big in the US.
Shortly after it was announced, Google pushed Nexus Q’s official launch date, telling those that pre-ordered it that the company ”heard initial feedback from users that they want Nexus Q to do even more than it does today,” and it “decided to postpone the consumer launch of Nexus Q while we work on making it even better.” That launch never came: Google quietly shelved the device (while deflecting discontinuation rumors) and gave away its remaining prototypes for free. It only streamed from YouTube, Play Music, and Play Video had weird connection issues and required an app to change any of the device’s settings.
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Priced at $299, plus another $399 for speakers and $49 for cables, the Nexus Q was incredibly expensive for what amounted to a gimmicky paperweight. We no longer use it as a doorstop.Įveryone was confused by Google’s Nexus Q when it debuted in 2012, including The Verge - which is probably why the bowling ball of a media streamer crashed and burned before it even came to market. Google Nexus Q We took this photo in 2012. Here are 84 things that died hard, often hilariously, to bring us where we are today.
It’s the decade of Google filling up its product graveyard, Apple stubbornly denying obvious missteps, and Microsoft writing off billions of dollars. It’s the decade of wearables, tablets, drones and burning batteries, and of ridiculous valuations for companies that were really good at hiding how little they actually had to offer. This is the decade we learned that crowdfunded gadgets can be utter disasters, even if they don’t outright steal your hard-earned cash. The highlights of the last ten years, from AirPower to Google Wave
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