2016 a disappointing year for the gadget nerd
There may also be no star gadget in 2017 - just a collection of smaller hits
Washington
LET'S face it: 2016 was a fairly disappointing year for the average gadget nerd. Yes, there were some bright spots, but they were mostly glimpses of technologies that are approaching rather than ones that are changing our lives right now.
If there is a takeaway for consumers from 2016 - as we predicted at the start of the year - it's that we appear to be in a bit of a lull when it comes to exciting pieces of technology. And while we've seen new gadgets come onto the scene, even the big successes this year felt more incremental than monumental.
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