People have been sharing technology that was basically obsolete as soon as it came out – 17 tools and devices that got their timing wrong
10.
‘When I was in college I got a Zune for Christmas. I was the only person walking around my campus that didn’t listen to music on either a phone or an iPod.
‘I have met exactly one other person in my life that has had a Zune. 16 years later and I still have it, mainly because it’s fun to show people something that no one else has ever used.’
–Gumbercules
11.
‘I made my choice and went all in on HD DVD. Oops.’
-negative-nelly
12.
‘3D TVs, they pushed those on everyone for like three years straight, now the glasses are all just sitting in a drawer somewhere’
-Sharkkkk2
13.
‘Maybe 20 years before its release, but Project Xanadu. It was supposed to be the World Wide Web “but better!”
‘The thing was in development for like 50 years and finally came out in 2014, at which point the internet had already been a thing for two decades and it released to basically nobody caring.’
-mumako
14.
‘The Flip Video Camera came out 1 year before the iPhone. It was a good year…’
-CalmCalmBelong
15.
‘Electric/digital typewriters.
‘My father had one in the 90’s, that had a one line display, so he could type a whole line before it was printed.’
-Stuporfly
16.
‘There was a kickstarter for a physical credit card you could load other credit cards onto and toggle between them to physically swipe as that credit card. They finally delivered mine about 2 years after ApplePay became a thing’
-Longjumping-Lab-7345
17.
‘Curved TVs.
‘Curved monitors are great for immersive gaming but curved TVs were short lived.’
-No_Explanation_6416
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