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"We need to remember that the author is trying to get some shock value and interest from the article. So, when translated, "flop" means that it's not living up to a very high potential."
Well said.
The article is very much correct in saying LCD-based ebooks have been flops (too big, low res, poor battery). Eink ebooks aren't as much flops, but stuff like Sony Reader is still not living up to the potential (and it's also getting a lot more hype). Still, I think it's just a matter of time. The article would have been much more correct if it were written a year or two ago, and I think it'll be entirely wrong a year or two from now.
Right now... it sort of has a point, especially if you tone down the sensationalist wording. I'm just glad I can transform pdfs with pdfrasterfarian and now pdfread. This makes the sony reader very useably, if far from perfect. Otherwise, I'd be angrily yelling "flop" with the best of them.
P.S. The exact wording of the article is: "First we present the biggest flops, in which the hype-to-success ratio was farthest out of whack. The 14 products and technologies listed here weren't all bad. In fact, some were quite good but were either too far ahead of their time or were victims of overblown expectations."
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