It only streamed from YouTube, Play Music, and Play Video had weird connection issues and required an app to change any of the device’s settings. Priced at $299, plus another $399 for speakers and $49 for cables, the Nexus Q was incredibly expensive for what amounted to a gimmicky paperweight. We no longer use it as a doorstop.Įveryone was confused by Google’s Nexus Q when it debuted in 2012, including The Verge - which is probably why the bowling ball of a media streamer crashed and burned before it even came to market. Google Nexus Q We took this photo in 2012. Here are 84 things that died hard, often hilariously, to bring us where we are today. It’s the decade of Google filling up its product graveyard, Apple stubbornly denying obvious missteps, and Microsoft writing off billions of dollars. It’s the decade of wearables, tablets, drones and burning batteries, and of ridiculous valuations for companies that were really good at hiding how little they actually had to offer.
This is the decade we learned that crowdfunded gadgets can be utter disasters, even if they don’t outright steal your hard-earned cash. The highlights of the last ten years, from AirPower to Google Wave
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