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| + | <div id="js-article-text" class="article-text wide"><h1>Sinclair C5 is voted the worst gadget of all time but MiniDisc and Betamax aren't far behind,christian louboutin sale</h1><p> By </p><p><span class="article-timestamp"><strong>PUBLISHED:</strong>10:05 GMT, 24 March 2013</span> <span class="article-timestamp"><strong>UPDATED:</strong>10:32 GMT,longchamp selfridges, 24 March 2013</span></p><p><font style="font-size: 1.2em;">The battery-powered Sinclair C5 three-wheeler has been branded the biggest gadget disaster of all time.</font><font style="font-size: 1.2em;"><br></font></p><p><font style="font-size: 1.2em;">Sir Clive Sinclair's electric vehicle,longchamp selfridges, which launched in 1985 with a top speed of 15 mph, has topped a list of the worst gizmos. J</font><font style="font-size: 1.2em;">ust 20,longchamp,000 of the one-person tricycles sold.</font><font style="font-size: 1.2em;"><br></font></p><p><font style="font-size: 1.2em;">Sony's MiniDisc and the Betamax video were also voted as some of the worst gadgets launched.</font></p><p><font style="font-size: 1.2em;">In second place were Rabbit mobiles, early mobile phones that worked only when the user was near a specific location,longchamp handbags, marked by a box with the Rabbit.</font></p><p></p><p><font style="font-size: 1.2em;">They failed to take off and were superceded by more advanced mobile phones. </font><font style="font-size: 1.2em;">However, the company behind it went on to become the telecom giant Orange.</font><font style="font-size: 1.2em;"><br></font></p><p><font style="font-size: 1.2em;">The Betamax video, which tried and failed to compete with VHS, took third place, and Sony's MiniDisc, which were invented to replace cassette tapes, came in at fourth.</font><font style="font-size: 1.2em;"><br></font></p><p><font style="font-size: 1.2em;">Others in the list, voted on by 1,000 technology enthusiasts,ghd hair straighteners, include the Laserdisc, Sega's Game Gear and the emailer telephone produced by Alan Sugar's firm Amstrad.</font><font style="font-size: 1.2em;"><br></font></p><p><font style="font-size: 1.2em;">All the gadgets were considered either not worth the price, too weak or simply not as good as other newly-launched products.</font></p><p><font style="font-size: 1.2em;">The squariel, at number seven in the list, was a square satellite dish that tried to rival Sky. <br></font></p><p><font style="font-size: 1.2em;">It was muscled out of the market,ghd sale.</font><font style="font-size: 1.2em;"><br></font></p><p><font style="font-size: 1.2em;">Another failed gizmo included Pizza Scissors, a specially designed tool to cut neat slices of the takeaway favourite.</font><font style="font-size: 1.2em;"><br></font></p><p><font style="font-size: 1.2em;">SallyBent, marketing manager of Gadget Show Live said: 'Gadgets like the Sinclair C5, Pizza Scissors and e-mailer telephone failed to take off.</font></p><p><font style="font-size: 1.2em;">'They misjudged consumer demand and were designed to solve problems that simply didn't exist.</font><font style="font-size: 1.2em;"><br></font></p><p><font style="font-size: 1.2em;">'But there are many other reasons why gadgets fail and it's not always because the products are poor.</font><font style="font-size: 1.2em;"><br></font></p><p><font style="font-size: 1.2em;">'TheBetamax,polo ralph lauren uk, for example, was widely acclaimed to be superior to VHS,longchamp online.</font></p><p><font style="font-size: 1.2em;">'However,ralph lauren sale, but alack of marketing prowess pushed it out of the market.</font><font style="font-size: 1.2em;"><br></font></p><p><font style="font-size: 1.2em;">'Sony's MiniDisc and Sega's Game Gear were great bits of kit that were simply overtaken by competitor products.' </font></p><p> </p> </div> | ||
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