The Name Game
- posted by Michael Walsh on September 4th, 2008
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OK. Here’s a twist on my 9 to 5…
Before any of you post this to Engadget or Digg this is all hypothetical. Sort of.
As many of you know, this year Acer bought a bunch of amazing companies. Gateway, Packard Bell and the one they haven’t yet used, E-Ten.
Do your homework and you soon discover that E-Ten is also known as Glofiish, manufacturers of some pretty smart phones and handheld devices.
Now let’s just say – hypothetically – that the next big (read “interesting”) thing from Acer is a new smartphone.
What would you call it?
That’s right. You.
I’m inviting you guys to submit names for some product I have no idea will ever be produced. Actually that’s not true because if they never make something why did they buy the company?
Anyway, if and when we’re asked to come up with a name (unlike the Aspire One) I’ll submit the best suggestion to the marketing management as part of my presentation. At that point it’s up to chance (and persuasion) but think how cool it would be if the name came from the people most interested in buying it.
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Gobel wrote, on August 4th, 2009:
The Glofiish is the only PDA which has 2 Sim slots. I needed the 2 Sim slots as I have both Maxis and Celcom lines.
Sadly, the PDA has problems with the battery life. After observing it carefully, the problem is with the Bluetooth. The PDA Bluetooth somehow switches the PDA on all the time when it is connected to other Bluetooth devices. In my case, it is my car’s Bluetooth, for my convenience and safety while driving. I notice that the phone is switched on all the time, thus draining the battery.
Can ACER look into this, please?