10-20-2004, 12:05 AM
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Magi
Join Date: Feb 2004
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AvantGo Survey: Mobile Device Users Tend to be Loyal
"Mobile computing users are loyal to their devices, according to the AvantGo Mobile Lifestyle Survey. The survey of 3,260 AvantGo users showed that 85 percent of Pocket PC and 82 percent of Palm OS owners plan to stick with the same mobile operating system (OS) when it comes time to make their next purchase.
The survey also looked at users' future plans for mobile use. Two out of every three respondents plan to purchase a regular PDA rather then one with a phone. Thirty-one percent said they would purchase a phone/PDA hybrid, only 3 percent would switch to a Symbian smartphone device, and 4.5 percent would switch to a RIM BlackBerry device. When asked to build their �dream� mobile device, respondents listed 12 top features: calendar/contact list; easy synchronization with PCs; great battery life; e-mail and messaging; Wi-Fi or Bluetooth access; compact size; MP3 player; phone; large screen; GPS locater; over 20 gigabyte memory; and camera."
Interesting results, especially about the seemingly inevitable convergence of phones and PDAs. Do you agree with the results AvantGo came up with? How do those "dream" features sound to you? 
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10-20-2004, 12:31 AM
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Intellectual
Join Date: Feb 2002
Posts: 168
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Completely false in my case! I'll regularly bounce between the two platforms depending upon what features are available in the hardware. There are pluses and minuses for both OSes. I hack the OS GUI using various launchers and, as a result, they wind up nearly being the same (OS peculiarities aside).
What drove me to Palm was the hi-res + screens, but now with PPC doing VGA, I'm looking towards getting a PPC next time around. If Palm can do a 5 gig hard drive unit with 8 hour batt life and wifi (in a clamshell) that might win me back, but the T5 has me looking at the Dell much more seriously!
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10-20-2004, 01:42 AM
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2000 Posts And This is All I Get?
Join Date: Jul 2003
Posts: 2,017
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Re: AvantGo Survey: Mobile Device Users Tend to be Loyal
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Originally Posted by Pat Logsdon
Interesting results, especially about the seemingly inevitable convergence of phones and PDAs. Do you agree with the results AvantGo came up with? How do those "dream" features sound to you? |
Couldn't agree more with the 20 gigs memory feature
How about a PPCPE with 3000 mAH battery, 3 megapixel camera with 3x optical zoom with a "real" lens (such as the minolta GT or leica vario elmarit lenses to replace the crappy chimei lenses), and its thickness is less than 1 cm.
I am sure that purchasing this "dream" device requires a "dream" job with a "dream" income
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10-20-2004, 01:45 AM
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Pontificator
Join Date: Dec 2005
Posts: 1,183
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phone and large screen do not go together IMHO.
Besides, I don't want my greasy ear print all over my PDA.
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10-20-2004, 02:04 AM
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2000 Posts And This is All I Get?
Join Date: Jul 2003
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Originally Posted by SteveHoward999
Besides, I don't want my greasy ear print all over my PDA.
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Ah yes. One of the most negative factor that made me stop using XDA2 as primary phone. The weather is very hot and humid down here, so at the end of every phone conversation, I have to wipe the screen with microfiber cloth ... what a pain. I ended up using handsfree cable.
It will be really nice if HTC would put the speaker and microphone on the back of the device.
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10-20-2004, 02:17 AM
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Pontificator
Join Date: Dec 2005
Posts: 1,183
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It's hot here too ... Mississippi Gulf Coast. As I type it's 81 degrees, been dark for 2 hours and it is the middle of October ... if I still lived in Scotland I'd be lucky to see 55 degrees at the hottest part of the day right now ...
I certainly can see the attraction of phone+PDA combined, especially with hands-free Bluetooth headset, but I don't think anyone has brought a format to market yet that would convince me to buy a combined machine - especially given the fact that I fly a lot and I don't want to go through the condescending conversation ...
"yes I know it is a phone, but I have switched off the phone part, and the wi-fi, so please stop telling me to switch off my PDA and leave me to read my book in peace!
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10-20-2004, 02:37 AM
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Intellectual
Join Date: Apr 2004
Posts: 184
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I think i'm loyal to the device that shows improvement, and connection with the customer.
I think palm is too pig headed to change,
I think microsoft, however buggy and slow they are, try to cater to the needs of the customers.
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10-20-2004, 02:54 AM
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Mystic
Join Date: Nov 2006
Posts: 1,887
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The survey tells us the obvious: that Avantgo customers are data-centric.
Which is good for Avantgo because they are a data-distribution channel. :-)
(Data-centric folks will go for the PDA over the smartphone every time.)
And it tells us their customers have a good feel for their needs and had it *before* buying their first PDA and hence have no need to change their minds. (Or maybe they're too stubborn to change.) :twisted:
Or, to put it in technical terms: the survey answers are skewed by the sample selection criteria.
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10-20-2004, 03:41 AM
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Ponderer
Join Date: Aug 2002
Posts: 82
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Does anyone actualy use Avantgo anymore?
I gave it up a long time ago myself, when they went insane.
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10-20-2004, 04:07 AM
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Pontificator
Join Date: Dec 2005
Posts: 1,183
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Yeah I do. It's easier than trying to read a newspaper on bus/train/plane/toilet seat/at Dentist ....
:lol:
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