A lot of good things happened in tech this year. The iPhone 5 premiered with 4G and a feather-light design. Google released its Nexus 7 tablet to go head-to-head with the Amazon Kindle Fire, and equipped it with Jelly Bean. Samsung delivered a powerful one-two punch with the Galaxy S III and Galaxy Note II. And we saw a fair number of Ultrabooks that gave the Macbook Air a run for its money.

今年，眾多科技產品紛紛登臺亮相。設計輕薄的iPhone5問世，并支持4G網絡；谷歌發布Nexus7平板電腦，內置安卓4.1操作系統，與亞馬遜的Kindle Fire展開競爭；三星打出強有力的組合拳，推出Galaxy S III和Galaxy NoteII手機。此外，眾多超級本與蘋果超薄筆記本爭奪市場。

But where there’s good, there’s bad. And there were plenty of major fails this year. Read on for the 10 biggest tech flops of the year.

但是，有好消息也就有壞消息。今年科技領域也出現了許多重大敗筆。下面就是livescience網站總結的2012年科技領域十大敗筆：

1. Wrong-Way Award: Apple Maps  “指錯路”獎：蘋果地圖

2. False Start Award: Windows 8  “啟動錯誤”獎：Windows8

3. Worst Sales Pitch: Dell’s “Daily Deals” “最糟糕的推銷用語”獎：戴爾的“每日優惠”

4. Most Sexist Tweet Award: ASUS at Computex “最具性別歧視色彩的推文”獎：臺北國際電腦展－華碩

5. IP-(Uh)-O Award: Facebook “IPO失敗”獎：Facebook

6. Biggest Rip-Off Award: Shared Data Plans 最“敲竹杠”獎：數據共享套餐

7. Reach-Around Award: Acer Aspire S5 Ultrabook Broken Promises Award: BB10

8. Broken Promises Award: BB10 “違背諾言”獎：黑莓10

9. Bait-and-Switch Award: Microsoft Surface “誘餌調包”獎：微軟Surface平板電腦

10.Bad Idea Award: Google Nexus Q “壞主意”獎：谷歌NexusQ

Wrong-Way Award: Apple Maps

With all the anticipation surrounding iOS 6, many didn’t think twice about giving up Google Maps for Apple’s new Maps app. But once users switched over, the complaints and outcries that the iOS app was far inferior to Google Maps mushroomed. The app was riddled with errors, including wrong addresses and warped-looking landmarks in the Flyover view while it lacked integrated mass-transit directions.

Apple eventually apologized for the Maps gaffe, and even recommended alternatives. CEO Tim Cook probably put it best, saying "we screwed up."

1.“指錯路”獎：蘋果地圖

人們對蘋果iOS 6系統擁有眾多期待，很多人馬上放棄了谷歌地圖，開始嘗試使用蘋果公司的新版地圖程序。但當用戶改用蘋果地圖后，大家又開始抱怨并抗議iOS系統的地圖遠不及谷歌地圖好用。這一地圖應用程序錯誤百出，包括地址錯誤、立交橋地標扭曲，此外還缺少完整的大規模交通指示圖標。

蘋果公司最終為地圖錯誤致歉，甚至建議大家改用其他地圖。蘋果公司CEO蒂姆－庫克可能做得最好，他說：“我們搞砸了?！?/p>