Microsoft has always been in the news for its contribution to the
computer industry. Tech analysts have always appraised the Microsoft for
the way it has grown into a tech giant.
Although,
Microsoft has set an industry example with its Windows operating system
and other such innovations but with its latest attempts it is yet to
witness a huge success. The tech world has pinned high hopes with
Windows 8 launch. How it fares in the market is yet to see, meanwhile,
we have bring the list of few innovations that have failed miserably in
the market.
Xbox 360: The
successor to XBox, the latest video game console has not really touched
the pinnacle of success and faces a stiff competition from Sony PS3 and
Wii.
Windows Vista operating System:
Released on January 30, 2007 worldwide, Windows Vista is been tagged
as the worst ever operating system launched by tech biggie. The scenario
was such that with the launch of Windows 7, Microsoft offered to load
it in the laptops which carried Windows Vista as the default.
Zune music player:
Microsoft has launched the Zune media player five years ago in a bid to
take on Apple’s iPod. Sources informed that Apple’s iPod has proved its
dominance in the market and grabbed around 77 percent of the market
share in the previous year, while Zune is still struggling with just 10
percent of the market for media players. Now the company has finally
decided to bid adieu to this tech flop. .
Courier Tablet PC:
Microsoft Courier was the codename for a rumored Booklet PC from the
tech giant Microsoft. Prototypes of the Courier indicated foldable
dual-screen that relied on stylus and handwriting recognition as its
primary input. However, the tablet was never launched and was rumored to
be doomed seeing the huge launch of Apple iPad.
Besides
these much known tech flops, Microsoft has tried to bring the
intelligent watches, which were nothing more than a joke in Microsoft
product range.
Possible reasons:
Microsoft
seems totally off the radar in the race to bring cool, cutting edge and
innovative technologies to the users. Analysts have given numerous
reasons which have caused Microsoft to become a sarcastic reserve of the
IT sector.
One of the significant reason is
the wrong timings to bring out a product to users. The gap between the
announcement and launch offers other companies with the opportunity to
come out with a similar product and hence spell death for Microsoft's
project. Microsoft Zune and Courier Tablet PC are few potential
examples.
How Microsoft is being perceived now?
Despite
above flop products and their flop sales, Microsoft’s products have a
pretty good record with all the demographics and the product launches
are still awaited by the masses. Now, Microsoft is readying launch of
its slick and impressive Windows 8, though analysts have already started
criticizing it.
Analysts believe that Windows 8
would be an excellent platform for tablets instead being a mainstream
desktop or laptop operating platform. How Windows 8 shall carve its
success story, will be seen only after its launch?
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