Gadgetory

the tech world is full of smart people who are driven by passionate ideas of new products and services that can change the world but even the smartest guy in the room can fall flat on their face in this episode of top 5 we're collecting 2012's greatest misses in tech the big duds from the biggest names in the industry starting off at number 5 airtime Sean Parker's video chat startup launch with the confidence and swagger befitting a young internet billionaire unfortunately the demo was a disaster the mics cut out the internet died and the thing just didn't work half the time it should have been a slam dunk demo of a future Facebook acquisition instead of had me cringing more than a Dom DeLuise movie at number four blackberry 10 all year we've been waiting for rim to strike back with their new BlackBerry 10 OS and a killer phone that would put them back in the game text me to even settle for a good enough phone as long as they got it out ahead of the holidays but no BlackBerry 10 has now been pushed back to 2013 and I'm taking bets on whether I'll even get out before rim self-destructs at number three the Google Nexus Q remember Google's $300 Darth Vader soft ball streaming music thing remember how it only worked with the version of Android that no one really had yet I think they just threw this out there to make the Google TV look like a hit thought a month after it was announced Google quietly pulled the plug on the Nexus Q at number two Facebook's IPO oh here's a company that was valued for more money than a small nation but the honeymoon ended pretty quick turns out that popularity and profitability aren't the same thing finally at number 1 Apple maps whoa losing money on Facebook stock really hurt but it was nowhere near the pain felt by the deafening cry of millions of iPhone owners screaming out in pain as Apple replaced the Google Maps app with their own special take on navigation it was so bad that even Apple Apple apologized and admitted that it wasn't so great needless to say heads rolled on this one so there you go those are my favourite flops from 2012 for more head over to CNET for the full list of 2012's tech turkeys and for more top fives like this visit top-5 cnet.com i'm donald bell thanks for watching