A host of new products launched this year. So were big successes -- like the iPhone 4S and the Boeing Dreamliner 787. Other new offerings crashed and burned spectacularly. Here's 24/7 Wall St.'s look at the biggest duds of 2011.
Investors have abandoned Research In Motion, which may finally make it a good investment again. Twenty months ago, the smartphone company's shares traded at $85. The stock now changes hands at around $49. But there are good reasons to expect that it won't stay that low for long.
The BlackBerry PlayBook tablet computer debuts Tuesday, and for the many folks in the corporate world already armed with BlackBerry phones, the addition of a PlayBook may make sense. But there are a host of reasons why the average consumer may find the device not quite ready for the spotlight.
It's tablets, tablets everywhere at this year's International Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, which ends Sunday. Manufacturers such as Motorola Mobility, Toshiba and Dell have taken to hot pursuit of Apple, which sold more than 13 million iPads last year.
Research in Motion's fiscal third-quarter profit rose 45%, beating analysts' expectations as BlackBerry smartphone shipments jumped. Is the BlackBerry outselling the iPhone?
Research In Motion CEO Jim Balsillie blasted Apple for "distortion" on Tuesday after CEO Steve Jobs said iPad sales had surpassed the BlackBerry. The comparison isn't, well, apples to apples because the quarters ended at different times, he says.
