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Ashton Kutcher designing line of Lenovo smartphones

Written by Andre Yoskowitz @ 28 Feb 2014 10:57 User comments (17)

Ashton Kutcher designing line of Lenovo smartphones Actor Ashton Kutcher has designed a line of smartphones for Lenovo that will launch later this year.
The star of 'Two and a Half Men' was hired in October as a product engineer and to promote other devices including the Yoga hybrid tablets. At the time, Kutcher said "This partnership with Lenovo brings together my love of technology and design that makes your life better. I can't wait to dig in and help Lenovo develop future mobile computing products."

Lenovo Chief Marketing Officer David Roman confirmed the new line of phones, and says Kutcher worked extensively on the user experience. "I know on one level, it sounds corny, but it is real," said Roman (via Re/code). "He not only sees himself as an engineer, but he is an engineer. If he sees a problem, he wants to solve it."



Kutcher is not new to the technology world, as a co-founder of venture capital group A-Grade Investments. The group has been an early investor in Foursquare, Airbnb and Uber.

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17 user comments

128.2.2014 23:02

Ashton should really be working for Apple IMHO.

21.3.2014 02:22

Originally posted by ivymike:
Ashton should really be working for Apple IMHO.
You do know the world does not revolve around Apple ?

31.3.2014 04:07

Don't you mean "designing".




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41.3.2014 04:13

Originally posted by JGJD2001:
Originally posted by ivymike:
Ashton should really be working for Apple IMHO.
You do know the world does not revolve around Apple ?
I know. He did play Steve Jobs in a movie though.
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51.3.2014 06:08

Originally posted by ivymike:
Originally posted by JGJD2001:
Originally posted by ivymike:
Ashton should really be working for Apple IMHO.
You do know the world does not revolve around Apple ?
I know. He did play Steve Jobs in a movie though.
hes taking the whole steve jobs role way too serious.

also on a side note i know hes in 2 and a half men but they lost half there viewers or more,charlie sheen was a lot better in that show.Ashton kutcher does teenage or ditzy guy well , charlie sheen does crazy womanizer better than him.

61.3.2014 14:20

Wow! I had no idea mr. Kutcher is an engineer! he's not? Oh, well I had no idea he's a programmer! He isn't? Well . . . I had no idea he's led a technology design team before! He hasn't? hmmmm WHAT QUALIFIES HIM TO DO THIS!?

71.3.2014 15:02

actor status.

81.3.2014 16:23

He is an investor on Skype, Foursquare, Airbnb, Path&Fab, A-Grade, Ooma & Lenovo as product "Engineer" (Oct. 29, 2013).

On the another hand: As actor, I don't think is that great.

92.3.2014 00:50

Next he's gonna fight terrorism with Team America.

:P



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103.3.2014 11:00

um, you guys know that Kutcher was offered a full ride scholarship to MIT.

113.3.2014 12:20

Originally posted by djgizmo:
um, you guys know that Kutcher was offered a full ride scholarship to MIT.
You just got PUNKED!

123.3.2014 13:22

Whatever to all of the above. He's got great hair, Demi Moore, and chills with Bruce Willis at family events. Those are credentials.

133.3.2014 13:51

he & demi moore are splitsville.

143.3.2014 15:03

Originally posted by ddp:
he & demi moore are splitsville.
WHAT?! Well, at least he still has his hair.

153.3.2014 20:46

Na, that's just transplanted and straightened pubes.

164.3.2014 00:21

Don't forget he did all of the Nikon camera commercials, so he does have good credentials... naaaa, not really.

He's not funny, can't act, has no idea what he's doing with his life because he blew it with a hot MILF like Demi Moore.

174.3.2014 01:03

Originally posted by xboxdvl2:
...charlie sheen does crazy womanizer better than him.
Whatever Charlie is he's a better comedian fo sho'.

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