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Archive for March, 2010

Gianfranco Lanci on smartphones

It’s not every morning you get to sit down with Gianfranco Lanci before he has breakfast and grill him on the subject of smartphones but that’s exactly what Michelle Caruso-Cabrera from CNBC did when she met up with him at the closing ceremony of the Vancouver Olympic Games on her way to the CTIA Wireless [...]

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Acer neoTouch P300 Review

I’ve stolen this piece so don’t yell at me. I thought it was so well written it deserved to be published here too but it’s not mine.

I got it from those very nice people over at the CLOVE BLOG and all your comments, thoughts and remarks should therefore go there. Unless you want to talk about it with TAG readers that is…

Great article guys!

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If proof were needed

As proof, if any were needed, that my real job is hindering my plans for TheAcerGuy content, here’s a list of what I did today:

1. Product Naming PPT presentation (classified)
2. Service Naming PPT presentation (classified)
3. Website Naming PPT presentation (unrelated)
4. Timeline X ADV checks (read this for the scoop – Great work on respecting the roadmap Acer US!!!)
4. Timeline X press release (see above – looking forward to discussing this)
5. New product press release (classified – great name, he says, modestly)
6. Acer Group Staff Appraisal Guide check (Human Resources. 30 pages. – need I say more?)
7. Projectors series brochure check (yawn)

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Who wants my job?

Great headline right? You’ll all be climbing over yourselves for a piece of this I’m sure.

Truth is, this job’s as exciting as it is frustrating as you never actually get to work on supporting products once you’ve helped launch them. And once they’re launched, I no longer have the time for my sneak preview videos because I’m busy creating names for the next wave of goodies.

Sure I get to see what’s coming months in advance but of the 15 or so items to pass through my hands so far this year, I’ve been able to speak about none.

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