2005 Vaporware Awards

By Jimmy Daniels
Contributing Writer, RealTechNews

Wired.com has released their annual Vaporware awards, saying it’s better late than never.

Ladies and gents, welcome to the 2005 Vaporware Awards — the prize that celebrates the tech products that were promised last year but never delivered.

We have a few surprises this year — wait ’til you find out the winner; you’ll never guess what it is.

A number of products were nominated by only one reader, like the Kinetta Camera (which is apparently now shipping), or SBC’s combo satellite TV/internet video service.

On the other hand, lots of people voted for Microsoft’s Xbox 360. But even though it was in short supply, it’s not strictly vaporware. Source: Wired.

We Say: Google has an entry and it is for multiple items, and the winner has actually received a lifetime achievement award for Vaporware, because they got tired of seeing it in the top ten year after year. They even said this story was nominated, since they are just now releasing it in February.