Category Archives: Tech Market
Early Adopters Don’t Always Act Their Age in the U.S. or Elsewhere
A MetaFacts TUPdate by Dan Ness, Principal Analyst Are Americans really a nation of early adopters? Are early adopters mostly age 18-24 in the U.S. and other countries? While Americans pride themselves on many forward-thinking attributes, it is not ranked … Continue reading →
Filed under Tech Market, Trends, TUP 2009, TUPdate
Tagged as Consumer behavior, Consumer electronics, Demographics, Early adopters, Laggards, Market Adoption, Segmentation, Sociodemographics, Tech-Savvy, Technology adoption, Trends
Weak signals mean weak AT&T smartphone subscribers – reported in MetaFacts TUP survey
Weak signals mean weak AT&T smartphone subscribers A MetaFacts TUPdate by Dan Ness, MetaFacts Principal Analyst How much does a weak AT&T signal affect how its subscribers use their smartphones? Now that Apple’s iPhone is officially being launched on Verizon’s … Continue reading →
Filed under Statistics, Tech Market, Technology User Overview Report, TUP 2010, TUPdate
Tagged as Apple, Apple iPhone, Basic Mobile Phone, Buying Factors, Carriers, Consumer behavior, Feature Phone, iPhone, Perception, Prepaid Wireless, Signal, Smartphone, Verizon, Wireless
Myth or Fact? Smartphones have replaced PCs
“Smartphones have replaced PCs” Is it a myth or is it reality? The tech industry gets a lot of its juice from myths. After all, creating a future can rely on science fiction and imagination when there isn’t any better information. … Continue reading →
Filed under Consumer research, MetaFAQs, Mobile Phones, Tech Market, Technology User Overview Report, Trends, TUP 2010
Tagged as Android, Apple, Apple iPhone, Basic Mobile Phone, Blackberry, Consumer behavior, Early adopters, Feature Phone, iPhone, Market Adoption, Microsoft Windows, Mobile, Mobility, Myth, Myth or Fact?, Netbook, Notebook, RIM, Savvy, Smartphone, Tablet, Tech-Savvy, Technology adoption, TUPdate
Multi-Platform Usage Shifts-Solid market research from MetaFacts Technology User Profile
Are Smartphones replacingcou PCs? Have they already? Which market segments have and which haven’t? Have netbooks, tablets, and eReaders replaced desktops? Have GPS/PND devices been replaced by direction-finding smartphone apps? Extensive solid information about multi-platform usage shifts–who accesses what technology, and where … Continue reading →
Filed under Busy Mobiles Profile Report, Consumer research, Households, Market Research, Market Segmentation, MetaFAQs, Mobile Phones, Multiple-PC Household, Statistics, Tech Market, Technology, Trends, TUP 2009, TUP 2010
Tagged as Activities, Alternatives, Answers, Apple, Basic mobile phones, Consoles, Consumer behavior, Consumer electronics, Consumer Electronics Stores, CTIA, Demographics, Disruptive, Disruptive Technology, Feature Phones, Forecasting, Gaming, Installed Base, Internet Shopping, Market segmentation, MetaFAQs, Mobile, Mobile Money, Mobile Phones, Mobility, Multiple-PC Household, Netbook, Newslist, Office Supplies, Online shopping, OTT, Penetration, Printer supplies, Questions, Retail, Saturation, Screens, Segmentation, Shopping, Shopping Basket, Smartphone, Social Networking, Sociodemographics, Tablet, Technology adoption, Trends
Tech Media, Advertising, TV – solid market research from MetaFacts Technology User Profile
Extensive information about tech media, advertising and TV is available in TUP – Technology User Profile. Today’s media-savvy consumers may want their MTV, but they might seek alternative methods to get it. Advertising seems to have become an option for the consumer, … Continue reading →
Filed under Consumer research, Market Research, Market Segmentation, MetaFAQs, Statistics, Tech Market, Trends, TUP 2009, TUP 2010
Tagged as Activities, Ad Blockers, Advertising, Answers, Apple, Buyer Burnout, Buyer Resistance, Consumer behavior, Consumer electronics, Consumer Electronics Stores, Demographics, Eyeballs, Google, GooglePlus, Installed Base, Internet Shopping, Market Adoption, Market segmentation, MetaFAQs, Mobile, Mobile Money, Mobility, Netbook, Newslist, Office Supplies, Online shopping, Printer supplies, Questions, Retail, Segmentation, Shopping, Shopping Basket, Social Networking, Sociodemographics, Tablet, Target, Technology adoption, Toner cartridges, Trends, TV, Wal-Mart
