Almost exactly one year ago I wrote a little post over at AndroidSPIN on the possibility of T-Mobile going belly up, based on the prediction of 24/7 Wall St. At the time of that writing, I was playing devil’s advocate. Sure T-Mo wasn’t doing great, but I was confident in the magenta underdog. But as we’ve all seen what has come to pass, holy crap they were right! Well, mostly right. Everyone it seems expected Sprint to make the offer; AT&T being the buyer stunned just about everyone.
Other notables on the extinction list were Blockbuster, which is on the way out, and RadioShack, which seems to still be doing okay. As for the 2012 list, it’s quite possible one or more of the following companies will be gone come this time next year:
- Sony Pictures
- A&W
- Saab
- American Apparel (I’ll actually be surprised if they’re around)
- Sears (Doubt it)
- Sony Ericsson (Not if they stick with Android)
- Kellogg’s Corn Pops (Say Wha?!?)
- MySpace
- Soap Opera Digest
- Nokia (lolz)