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Kzoellner on 08 January 2009

The 10 Most Overrated Products

Hype springs eternal. Lots of technologies, products and services don't merit the praise heaped on them. Here are 10 tech items that don't live up to their billing -- and 10 that deserve respect that they don't receive.
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The 10 Most Overrated Products

Nintendo Wii (© Nintendo); PlayStation Portable (© Sony Computer Entertainment)

Overrated: Nintendo Wii ; Underrated: Sony PlayStation Portable

More than two years after their debut, Wiis are still tough to find in stores. In that time, Nintendo has re­­leased just enough great games (and non­games like Wii Fit) to tease gamers. Nintendo continues to develop new peripherals like the WiiSpeak speakerphone attachment (coming this fall), but the company says that only a handful of marquee titles will appear by the end of 2008.

In contrast, Sony's PlayStation Portable continues to gain unique titles and cool features -- if you have a Wi-Fi connection (having a PlayStation 3 doesn't hurt either). Now in its second generation, the PSP offers Skype, Internet radio, the ability to up­­load movies from a PS3 directly to your handheld, and downloadable translation travel packs. Plus, you can play games remotely and view content stored on your PlayStation 3 over a Wi-Fi network.

 

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badgenome on 08 January 2009

Consumers disagree.



DaveD on 08 January 2009

Was looking at the other ones, agree highly of the touch screen keyboard, itunes, iphone being very over rated
I HIGHLY disagree on XP being overrated and Vista underrated



"After you win, son, I feel like going for a ride on your bike, haha." ~Doc Louis (Punch Out Wii)

 

 

Vetteman94 on 08 January 2009

I actually agree with everyone on that list



SmokedHostage on 08 January 2009

This is ancient...



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theprof00 on 08 January 2009
DaveD said:
Was looking at the other ones, agree highly of the touch screen keyboard, itunes, iphone being very over rated
I HIGHLY disagree on XP being overrated and Vista underrated

lol wtf are you serious? people avoid vista like a plague and it really isn't that bad. On the other hand xp is like the touch of god, and it can't handle dx10 and is going to having compatibility issues on the road ahead.

 



DaveD on 08 January 2009
theprof00 said:
DaveD said:
Was looking at the other ones, agree highly of the touch screen keyboard, itunes, iphone being very over rated
I HIGHLY disagree on XP being overrated and Vista underrated

lol wtf are you serious? people avoid vista like a plague and it really isn't that bad. On the other hand xp is like the touch of god, and it can't handle dx10 and is going to having compatibility issues on the road ahead.

 

I have a friend with Vista who has a very unstable computer because of it, so I am holding out to see if Windows 7 is good personally

 



"After you win, son, I feel like going for a ride on your bike, haha." ~Doc Louis (Punch Out Wii)