DOA: Top 10 mobile failures

by Jason Perlow | August 23, 2011 6:35am PDT | Image 1 of 10

Momenta

While the history of mobile computing is littered with dozens of failed devices, we picked through the cream of the crop of products which legitimately launched but horribly underperformed in the marketplace, resulting in their cancellation.

One of the most hyped startups of the early 1990s and considered to be one of the earliest mobile device duds, the $4,995 Momenta was an black and white MS-DOS-based portable personal computer and an early forerunner of today's tablet computers. The machine featured a detachable keyboard and a touchscreen pen interface. After burning through over $40 million in cash, laying off most of its employees, Momenta shut its doors within 10 months of releasing its first product in August of 1992.

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