HTC ChaCha to be known as ChaChaCha in Spain, somebody didn’t do enough market research
As it turns out, the word “chacha” is used as a term of disparagement in the Spanish language. Coincidentally , perhaps after somebody hit HTC’s marketing genii with a Spanish phrasebook, the HTC ChaCha will hereafter be known as the ChaChaCha in the land of sun, sand and siestas. This follows mobile search engine ChaCha suing for trademark infringement a couple of days ago and serves as an instructive example of why one should do one’s market research before deciding to use one’s internal codenames as retail product nomenclature. HTC ChaCha to be known as ChaChaCha in Spain, somebody didn’t do enough market research originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 02 Mar 2011 07:56:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
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HTC ChaCha to be known as ChaChaCha in Spain, somebody didn’t do enough market research
As it turns out, the word “chacha” is used as a term of disparagement in the Spanish language. Coincidentally , perhaps after somebody hit HTC’s marketing genii with a Spanish phrasebook, the HTC ChaCha will hereafter be known as the ChaChaCha in the land of sun, sand and siestas. This follows mobile search engine ChaCha suing for trademark infringement a couple of days ago and serves as an instructive example of why one should do one’s market research before deciding to use one’s internal codenames as retail product nomenclature. HTC ChaCha to be known as ChaChaCha in Spain, somebody didn’t do enough market research originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 02 Mar 2011 07:56:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
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