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Comments on: Top 5 tech disappointments

This is tech we had such high hopes for, only to be let down.

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by gabato June 28, 2009 8:22 AM PDT: The code name was also IT!; Like this Reply to this comment


by zcjwm June 28, 2009 10:37 AM PDT: I think the name was IT.; Like this Reply to this comment


by Supernicklas June 30, 2009 5:29 AM PDT: Where the h is Vista on that countdown, mr. Merritt?; Like this Reply to this comment


by drmuppy June 30, 2009 7:16 AM PDT: Code Name Ginger; Like this Reply to this comment


by _23mike23_ June 30, 2009 8:27 AM PDT: segway code name was ginger like me ;p; Like this Reply to this comment


by June 30, 2009 8:31 AM PDT: Originally it was known as "Fred Upstairs" during development. This was for Fred Astaire. Afterward it was known as "Ginger" (for Ginger Rogers) and also as "IT"; Like this Reply to this comment


by msummers10 June 30, 2009 9:13 AM PDT: The codename was IT. I remember all the insanity leading up to it being unveiled. We waited for so long for such a disappointment.; Like this Reply to this comment


by msummers10 June 30, 2009 9:14 AM PDT: The codename was IT. I remember all the insanity leading up to it being unveiled. We waited for so long for such a disappointment.; Like this Reply to this comment


by chillaxed June 30, 2009 9:42 AM PDT: IT and Ginger; Like this Reply to this comment


by Jelly11293 June 30, 2009 9:52 AM PDT: Ginger, name after Ginger Rogers and Fred Astaire; Like this Reply to this comment


by tidrif June 30, 2009 11:02 AM PDT: ginger; Like this Reply to this comment


by tidrif June 30, 2009 11:10 AM PDT: Ginger; Like this Reply to this comment


by tidrif June 30, 2009 11:10 AM PDT: Ginger; Like this Reply to this comment


by fatboyslim61 June 30, 2009 12:20 PM PDT: The code name was GINGER, zencefil in Turkish.

Hope to win.; Like this Reply to this comment


by Mwaller5 June 30, 2009 1:19 PM PDT: Ginger; Like this Reply to this comment


by BoManiac June 30, 2009 7:30 PM PDT: INCORRECT, it's full name was "The Ginger Project"; Like this Reply to this comment


by enono July 1, 2009 9:02 AM PDT: it was IT; Like this Reply to this comment


by Gregnpayne July 1, 2009 4:17 PM PDT: The codename was IT. I remember watching Good Morning America, because they were the first to unveil IT. I also remember what a let down!!; Like this Reply to this comment


by swadhinbharat July 2, 2009 8:07 AM PDT: Ginger; Like this Reply to this comment


by GenerationIV July 4, 2009 4:51 AM PDT: The codename before it launched was Ginger.; Like this Reply to this comment

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