Gearing up for even more innovation

It's been a slow week from my desk as far as Acer is concerned. Don't get me wrong there are an awful lot of new and exciting products on the way, and things are definitely on the boil, but this week everyone has been focussing on the 30th anniversary celebrations in Taiwan.

There were several reports I read over the event and, as you see from the comments, it was very much a business celebration. This one from Forbes, and another from Techworld show just where the emphasis was.

Business may look good, but I'm all pumped up for the new products. The end of the year is always an exciting moment, as the next-generation solutions due for launch at the beginning of the year start to show.

There's so much same-ness about IT today, it's great when the mould gets broken and Acer's usually pretty fast at getting things to market.

I'm also glad to see that Acer's desktop PCs are beginning to make their presence felt. There have been some pretty good innovations and ideas over the years but unfortunately these haven't been getting the attention they deserve. Now things are changing and the ultra compact Veriton 1000, Aspire iDea and integrated Media Gateway in some of the LCD televisions are a perfect demonstration of the jump in quality innovation in this segment.

The Veriton 1000 is not only a technological work of art, it's also drop dead gorgeous, while the Aspire iDea really has taken digital convergency several generations forward.

So here's to next year. Can't wait to see what's in store.