Tapwave Zodiac
Sometimes, you can do everything right and still end up with a failed product. That was the fate of the Tapwave Zodiac which, when released in 2003, featured a large color LCD display and ran an upgraded version of Palm OS, so in addition to being able to play games like Madden NFL 2005 and even Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 4, the Zodiac could run many productivity apps available to Palm-based PDAs. All the ingredients for a successful product were there, but the Zodiac ended up having to face-off against the Sony PlayStation Portable and the Nintendo DS after its launch, and just two years after its debut, the company behind the Zodiac was sold off and the handheld was no more.
