It happens every year: the hype, the commercials, the anticipation building until finally, the day is upon us. No, we're not talking about Christmas. We're talking about product release dates, which like Christmas often involve a heady rush of excitement - and sometimes involve a heartbreaking let down worse than a gift of socks.



Perhaps it's particularly bad for tech writers because we're on the front lines, thrilled to have something new to handle and review and write about. Perhaps it's worse for consumers, who shell out their hard-earned cash to wind up with a dud. So, we've chosen twenty-one things to avoid, lest you wind up with a shoddy build, user experience or product. It's our gift to you, a no BS take on the things that crossed our desks, the things that didn't live up to our expectations, and the things that just plain shouldn't see the light of day (SOPA, we're looking at you).

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Maximum PC | The 21 Biggest Tech Disappointments of 2011

4G...overrated
Siri.....wtf. Are people really getting so lazy that they have to ask their phone questions?
Bandwidth caps are the biggest scam out there, it should be #1
Google+ was worthless

All in all, a pretty accurate list.

We were having 3g issues at work. I looked it up and found out the cell phone providor was only going to saturate 5 large cities with towers, then get everyone else.

No mention of that in their adverts. Not even the small print.

It well be at least another 5 years before the US gets total 3g/4g coverage.

i think the biggest disapointment was no iphone 5 but a iphone 4s