The Consumer Electronics Show is over, and the only thing left to do is mop up the losers of the biggest electronics trade show of the year. More than 150,000 people attended and many companies entered the Las Vegas Convention Center hoping to prove themselves. Unfortunately, for every product or company that garnered praise there were others that just didn't make the cut. Here are some gadgets and companies that made a poor showing at CES 2012.

Microsoft Corp. CES 2012 was Microsoft's last show after 14 show-opening keynotes, and the company didn't end its CES run with a bang but with a bizarre whimper. CEO Steve Ballmer and co-host Ryan Seacrest gave one of the strangest presentations at CES complete with a "Twitter choir" and an autotuned Bill Gates. Ballmer was at a manic high, stomping and proclaiming his love for Microsoft. Midway through the keynote, a Twitter choir, gospel singers from a local church, sang the best tweets celebrating the Microsoft keynote. Worst of all, Ballmer didn't really say anything of importance during the keynote except preview the Metro-style user interface that Xbox users already use. Overall not the software giant's best performance.

Panasonic's combo digital photo frame and Skype terminal. Panasonic showed off a digital picture frame that allows users to access social networks and Skype. The Skype-enabled photo frame would have been a good idea if it wasn't attached to a stand that limits its functionality. A standard tablet would have been more flexible and cheaper.

Toshiba's Glasses-Free 3D TV. Toshiba's ZL2 is a 55 inch glasses-free 3D TV was supposed to fire up consumers for 3D TV, but it sadly missed the mark. Toshiba's ZL2 uses head-tracking to determine where the lenticular lenslets will point for each viewer. Unfortunately it didn't offer a wide variety of viewing angles and the 3D effects were muted in comparison to 3D with glasses. It will also cost at least five times the cost of 3D TV sets that use glasses. It's going to be a while before this technology becomes mainstream.

Research in Motion. Research in Motion didn't show anything spectacular in this year's CES. The BlackBerry maker underwhelmed observers by presenting the 2.0 software update for the PlayBook which will bring applications such as e-mail and calendar to the tablet. For a company that's already struggling, this year's lackluster showing could spell trouble for the year ahead.

Cameras. There were noticeably fewer cameras shown in this year's show, reflecting a growing trend that consumer cameras are getting replaced by smartphones. With cameras in smartphones growing more powerful every year, dedicated consumer cameras could be on the way out. While professionals will always prefer larger single-lens-reflex cameras, ordinary consumers are reaching for smartphones instead of small compact cameras.