Wired has published their annual list of most infamous vaporware products, and designers will be especially tickled by the Optimus Keyboard and the "IPod Killer." Here's a taste from the intro:
A couple of products narrowly escaped the podium of shame, most notably Microsoft Vista and Sony's PlayStation 3. While Vista has been promised and delayed ad infinitum, the operating system finally shipped to business customers in 2006 (Though home users won't see it till the end of January 2007). The PlayStation 3 also shipped--just because you weren't able to get your hands on one doesn't mean it qualifies as vaporware.We received stacks of votes for Apple Computer's iPhone, but that doesn't count since Apple has never actually promised the iPod/phone combo. Except to maybe the board of directors.
Read the article here.
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