Towards the end of 2015, and in this year, we are exposed to numerous new technology products. However, with the passage of time, the once popular products are difficult to escape the "death" of fate. Here are some of the well-known products:
Firefox OS mobile phones
Smartphone of the Red Sea, is an Android and iOS world, even if the "deep pockets" Microsoft cannot share. Mozilla the browser company attempts to launch the low-end mobile phone market. Firefox OS relies on HTML5, Mozilla wants to make up for the lack of niche applications using a Web browser technology problems. Cath Kidston iPhone plus case
But they apparently ignored the fact that, since it wants to occupy the low end of the market, also takes traffic to run Web application, which in itself is somewhat contradictory; HTML5 extension slow browser application development is not satisfactory. Mozilla finally announced in December 2015 to stop the development and marketing of Firefox OS mobile phones.
But a paper pointed out that in the near future, powered by Firefox OS for tablets, TV stick, routers, and other smart devices is still in development. Anyway Firefox OS cell phone is dead.
Sony PSP
Sony's handheld PSP can be said to be the most successful one so far has sold more than 80 million units. In June last year, Sony had already announced it was discontinuing PSP. However, Sony last month announced the end of March next year to stop the PS store on PSP, users will not be able to purchase items in the store, this amounts to complete sentence of the PSP's "death penalty".
From 2004 in Japan local launch by 2014 cut-off, PSP has more than ten years, and today can still see the handheld PSP player in the subway. However, this smart phone hardware development for ten years, and even Sony's next-gen PSP, PSV was also difficult, Palm's decline is an inevitable trend.
Adobe Flash
Today's Flash technology has become a street rat. If you are concerned about foreign network security news, you'd find out, News Flash vulnerabilities are too frequent.
As early as the beginning of the Steve Jobs launched the iPhone, iPhone did not support Flash technology. In the Android system version 4.1 also supports Flash. One important reason is that Flash is too power-hungry, is not appropriate in the battery-powered handheld devices.
In December, Adobe announced it will encourage content creators to use the new Web standards such as HTML5 instead of Flash. This means that Flash will die.
Microsoft's Zune music player
Apple launched iPod has changed the way people listen to music, as a "mortal enemies" Microsoft wants to compete, which introduced the Zune music player. But the Zune never made a success. 4 years ago, Microsoft announced it was discontinuing Zune.
Last month, it announced the closure of Zune music service, the original Zune subscribers will automatically be transferred to the Groove services now. However, even in the era of mobile Internet, presence of Groove music and Apple Music, Google Play Music but also cannot be compared. Microsoft really ought to think mobile strategy.
Secret (Secret)
Secret site was formally launched in January 2014. Through the Secret platform, users can anonymously share secrets "gossip". Zhiqian, Secret has completed a series b financing, received millions of dollars from investors, valuation, reached $ 100 million. But the application has opened a 10-month decline in popularity, and soon after took a nose dive. On April 30 this year, Secret announced its closure.
Dropbox and Evernote extension products Cath Kidston iPhone 6+ plus
Put the two together, because they had too many similarities, such as is "Unicorn" company (Note: means the company valued at more than US $ 1 billion), are well known by the public, wants to put itself into a productivity tool. For them, the two companies have launched a number of segments, in an attempt to capture more users, but have encountered "Waterloo".
Dropbox this month announced the closure of photo Carousel and mailbox using Mailbox backup application, which has spent $ 100 million acquisition of the Mailbox used to be a star. Evernote also closed the food "food in mind" and comments using Skitch, executives leaving crowd will have to cut 5%, to let the world know that times are hard for them.
The two company's current predicament may be a large number of "Unicorn" in miniature.
Glass
Google engineer company atmosphere, always like making some experimental products. Google closes every year many such experiments, such as Google Code code management platform, photo Google+ Photos of social sharing platform.
But the most famous is the glass, wearable device, this costs a lot of money, is perhaps the idea too far ahead, sale is not good, were quite bland. Google announced in January that eventually stop to accept user orders, closed its "Explorer (Explorer)" software development projects, research from Google and Google glasses x laboratory transferred to other departments.
Although, yesterday there was news out of Google will launch a second smart glasses, but it was not designed for ordinary consumers, but for enterprise users.
Windows 8.1
In fact, Microsoft has not stopped support for Windows 8.1, mainstream support for the system will continue until 2018. But "live or die". This summer Microsoft launched Windows of 10 equal to the sentence Windows 8.1 "death sentence".
According to Microsoft, "generational upgrade law" Windows 8.1 is the failure of a test product. It intrude in your notebook the Tablet operation logic, criticized for the user.
Finally in less than 5 months time, Windows has finally passed 10 system "predecessor" has become the world's second-largest after the Windows 7 system. But in China, have been "declared dead" XP was still "haunted" Super 1/4 market share, XP still sit second.
Apple's design aesthetics
Strictly speaking, this is not a technology. But after the death of Steve jobs, Apple's design seems to be tending to mediocrity. Apple introduced several new products this year are more or less by netizens ridicule. Here we had to Miss Apple's design.
First to ridicule of Apple Pencil. Is not to say that its shape is not good, but it is charging way too "dangerous": in a Lightning interface on the iPad Pro, always kind of like 10 percent cut. In addition, unlike Surface Pro 4 that has magnetic properties, cannot be with plate storage, loss is a big disadvantage.
Next iPhone 6/6s battery shell back and netizens ridicule as "hump", designed to increase battery capacity, why not make the phone a bit thicker "smoothed" camera?
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