Seriously, our hands are trembling at the mere thought of having to actually use any of these shameful peripherals. A camera that takes the good with the (mostly) bad? A star-shaped mouse guaranteed to accelerate the onset of carpal tunnel syndrome by 409%? A USB fan that blatantly lies about purifying the hot air coming from that clogged up tower of yours? All present and accounted for, sir, and that's not even the half of 'em. We have all ideas you too would want to keep your digits far, far away from any of the disasters linked below, but give the list a look and let us know which one you think is the
most pitiful of all.
Read - Mouse pad / USB hub / mic
Read - USB Whack It
Read - Yang Ying Camera
Read - Star Mouse
Read - Key-shaped USB key
Read - Totally original touchscreen MP3 player
Read - USB fan with super-secret germ killing powers
posted Sep 6th 2008 1:44PM
Methinks the "fail" photo of the star mouse is raising its vote count. That "Yang Ying" camera is far worse.
Is that a rhetorical question?
I love you too Engadget commenting system.
I have to agree. It's what happens when Transformers drink during pregnancy.
@GON
It wasn't even a question so how could it be a rhetorical question
Yes, the camera is far worse, but you can actually buy a star mouse.
Where do people think of this stuff?!
Where do they think of this stuff?
CHINA
I'd say the USB Star Mouse. It looks horrible to use. Three buttons are too close together.
Is that seriously why you voted it the stupidest?
not for the fact it is a star and has less use than the rest of those things, but for the fact that the buttons are too close together
wow
Totally! Infact I think it's nearly perfect in its complete disregard for ergonomics. I just needs some annoying and unavoidable spikes on the top or something.
The mouse is not ergonomic at all. My hand has carpel tunnel syndrome just looking at it.
wowwwww props to engadget for not having a "PC running Widows Vista" option!
i would have voted for "macbook pro"
What's a Widow's Vista? Sounds like a Monet painting.
The star mouse is by far the worst. At least the others look slightly useful/usable.
The 'Totally original touchscreen MP3 player' is made by Onda, which is a pretty decent manufacturer of computer parts plus mp3 players. Your blatant disdain for all non Apple products is so apparent that it's sickening.
http://www.onda.cn/english/product/productlist.jsp?CLASS_ID=201
Decent manufacturer? Their website is shit. The MP3 player is obviously an iPhone ripoff and the "decent" computer parts they make are X800s. From ATI. A LONG time ago.
It seems to me he's pretty intellectual, but definitely not open-minded.
Anyway, I checked the website. The MP3 player that looked like a ripped piece of paper looks pretty cool!
USB Fan and Ionizer Air Purifier
is just funny
"Rotator can rotate 360 degrees"
Anything that performs "strong blowing" gets high marks in my book.
-jp
@Jake
I wouldn't recommend it with that fan, dude. Ouch.
Call me crazy but I actually like the idea of the USB key. That way, if for some reason I wanted to have a USB key on my keychain then it wouldn't stick out as much as a normal one.
Not exactly the most secure way to carry around your data in the first place, but let's just ignore that fact for a moment, shall we?
Lol.. The green thing doesn't even look like a key...
Haha, wow, I didn't even realize that hideous little thing was the USB stick. Alright, well my previous comment still holds true...the IDEA is a good one...their implementation? FAIL. :)
But the key looks like a baby's fake key... you know, the kind they teeth on?
Hear hear, that's just what I was thinking
Yeah, the rest of them actually have some sort of use case. No one in their right mind would ever use that Star Mouse.
And seriously, putting something on this list just because it's aping the iPhone/iPod Touch is pretty weak sauce, guys.
I don't think the USB key thing is that bad really. Voted for the fan thing, purely on the basis of crap science.
i totally agree... i would actually buy that key-shaped USB drive... it's much more practical than having a "normal" usb key on a key chain... don't really understand endgadget for putting it on this list...
i had to vote for the mic/mousepad/hub thing... wow...
I want that USB whack it :D
+1
I enjoyed playing the old-fashioned "whack the frog" games in seaside arcades and thought that product looked retro-cool. So, I just searched YouTube - and am not yet sure whether this USB Whack It competition changed my mind:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RT4xPocG5a0&fmt=18
FAILFAILFAIL
Why can't people do something useful with their lives ... oh wait no one does....
jk
usefulness is subjective... for example, i would say that your comment is useless... and guess what, those products sell... what have you started up, manufactured and sold lately?
Needs More Cowbell!
... are you feeling ok?
what exactly is wrong with you?
Lack of cowbell, I assume.
Star Mouse FTL.
Faster than light?
No no no.. FTL stands for Fruit of The Loom
Furious Tunisian Leprechauns.
5 bucks says that if that fan were made by apple you guys would be singing a different tune.
agreed, 100%.
Where's the Zune button?
WHOAH. That yang-ying camera thing (heehee, rhymes...) totally says Sony on it. I guess Sony's really stepping up their game, there's been a lot of sony news recently...and now this?
I voted for the "Yang Yin Camera" cos the manufacturer couldn't even get the name right!
They will be too late to make this list.
Hey , the Iphone is missing from the list!
I guess its position would be just between the USB whack it and the air purifying usb fan.
Hey , the Iphone is missing from the list!
I guess its position would be just between the USB whack it and the air purifying usb fan.