10th Annual Vaporware Awards: Call for Nominees
Gather up those rotten tomatoes and take aim, folks. The time has come yet again for Wired’s Vaporware Awards.
The 2007 edition is our tenth annual tip of the hat to those products that were promised, hyped and anticipated all year, but were never actually delivered. As in years past, Wired News readers get to anoint the nominees. But this year, we’re adding a twist by letting you determine the final rankings as well.
Have a quick look at the rules below, then let the submitting and voting begin.
- Submit your nominations to the list below and vote up your favorites.
- Only officially announced products with anticipated 2007 release dates are fair game.
- No rumors! The Google Phone, iTablet and hybrid Volkswagen Beetle all sound exciting. But they are only figments of the blogosphere’s collective imagination, not true vaporware.
- Leave a comment. Got something to say about the Optimus Maximus? Want to rant about the Neo1973? Sound off at the bottom of the post.
- The best comment will win a special prize.
- As in previous years, software in the pre-release, beta-testing stage is considered vaporware, even if it’s widely available. It hasn’t shipped until it’s shrink-wrapped.
- Likewise hardware. Prototypes may exist in some company’s skunk labs, or maybe a "developer only" version is making the rounds. But it’s vaporware until the rank and file get their hands on it.
- There are some items we’ve been waiting on for years. If it was supposed to be here in 2005 and the company is still promising it will arrive "any day now," it qualifies as vaporware.
- If it shipped — even if it stank — it’s not vaporware.
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