10-07-2004, 10:00 PM
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Spb Software House Releases Survey Results
Spb has finally released the results of their big survey.
Lots of interesting data here, so I suggest you click through and slice-and-dice it yourself; but, I noticed two interesting datapoints immediately. The male-to-female ratio is woefully skewed (94% to 6%) -- I suspect that more females use Pocket PCs but just didn't take the survey; what do you think? Also, the number of people with a system utility is greater than those that don't (29% of people run Pocket Plus, compared to 23% of survey takers that don't use any system utility). Considering that "none" was the top answer for all the other software categories, there's a clear indication that people consider the Pocket PC OS as needy in system utilities (*cough*close button*cough*) more than anything else.
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10-07-2004, 11:43 PM
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I never realised iPaq 221x's were THAT popular (17%!)
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10-08-2004, 12:21 AM
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Originally Posted by David Johnston
I never realised iPaq 221x's were THAT popular (17%!)
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Me neither, but as the owner of one, I can understand why.
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10-08-2004, 01:23 AM
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HP's iPAQ range snags 57% of the market. I'd be interested to see how this figure changes in a year.
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10-08-2004, 01:24 AM
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2000 Posts And This is All I Get?
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I find this one very interesting :
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7. How long do you use your Pocket PC?
0 - 0.5 years : 15%
0.5 - 1 years : 20%
1 - 2 years : 24%
2 - 3 years : 16%
3+ years : 24%
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I got this impression that folks on the Low Price Factor (High GDP) countries (U.S./Canada/Europe/Australia) switch PDAs at least once a year.
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10-08-2004, 02:43 AM
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Magi
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Originally Posted by Maximus
I got this impression that folks on the Low Price Factor (High GDP) countries (U.S./Canada/Europe/Australia) switch PDAs at least once a year.
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Heh so everyone in those countries is loaded??? It's still expensive, even if it's not as expensive as in other places. This board distorts your perception because a lot of people here are tech freaks who have to have the newest thing, but even among tech geeks, the majority are still a little more value-concious  Why do you think Dell is so popular?
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10-08-2004, 02:52 AM
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Magi
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Re: Spb Software House Releases Survey Results
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Originally Posted by Janak Parekh
Also, the number of people with a system utility is greater than those that don't (29% of people run Pocket Plus, compared to 23% of survey takers that don't use any system utility). Considering that "none" was the top answer for all the other software categories, there's a clear indication that people consider the Pocket PC OS as needy in system utilities (*cough*close button*cough*) more than anything else.
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Not that I disagree with that last statement, but I don't think it follows from the survey. The survey was run by the makers of Pocket Plus, obviously the people who take the survey are going to be users of that or another program from SPB. This also means the survey is more likely to attract the "power user" type who's always searching for the perfect tweak
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10-08-2004, 03:40 AM
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Magi
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Re: Spb Software House Releases Survey Results
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Originally Posted by Janak Parekh
The male-to-female ratio is woefully skewed (94% to 6%) -- I suspect that more females use Pocket PCs but just didn't take the survey; what do you think?
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I dont know about that. I've run across many PPC users over the years and none of the ones I've met in person were women. All female PDA users I've seen have been Palm users. Maybe others here have had far different experiences? Seriously... the women on this board are the only ones I know of!
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10-08-2004, 05:18 AM
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Re: Spb Software House Releases Survey Results
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Originally Posted by PetiteFlower
Not that I disagree with that last statement, but I don't think it follows from the survey.
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True, your argument is not without merit. There's also the fact that, in theory, the users "in the know" filled out this survey, and the average joe might have not.
Still, I can't but help opine on the need for a close button. 
--janak
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10-08-2004, 06:03 AM
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2000 Posts And This is All I Get?
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Originally Posted by PetiteFlower
Heh so everyone in those countries is loaded??? It's still expensive, even if it's not as expensive as in other places. This board distorts your perception because a lot of people here are tech freaks who have to have the newest thing, but even among tech geeks, the majority are still a little more value-concious Why do you think Dell is so popular? |
Because it has FAR SUPERIOR quality ? :wink:
Seriously, you are correct. I just find it really interesting that in the U.S. a PDA cost $300, while an average decent meal cost $10-30. Which means a PDA = 15 meals. While downhere, a decent meal cost $2-3, which means a PDA = 150 meals.
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