Category Archives: TUP Profile Report
eReader Market Demand and Forecast
By Dan Ness, Principal Analyst, MetaFacts The newest eReaders from Amazon and Barnes & Noble have received many rave reviews, with some focused on the power button placement, others on the logo’s gleam. While these articles are interesting and timely, … Continue reading →
Filed under eReaders Profile Report, TUP 2011
Tagged as Amazon, Barnes & Noble, BN, eBook, ePeriodical, Forecast, Kindle, Nook, Tablet, Technology adoption
The Busiest PC Users Are Busy Juggling Devices Not Focusing
The Busiest PC Users Are Busy Juggling Devices, Not Focusing A MetaFacts TUPdate by Dan Ness, Principal Analyst The busiest PC users are not only busy in hours; they spend a lot of time moving from one PC to another … Continue reading →
Filed under Consumer research, Market Research, Market Segmentation, Mobile Phones, Multiple-PC Household, Technology User Overview Report, Trends, TUP 2010, TUPdate
Tagged as Activities, Android, Consumer behavior, CTIA, Demographics, Distracted Drivers, Home PCs, Hours online, Information Overload, Installed Base, iPhone, Laptop, Market Adoption, Market segmentation, Mobile, Mobility, Netbook, Notebook, Online activities, Overwhelm, PCs, Penetration, Segmentation, Smartphone, Tablet, Technology adoption, Trends
Are Rental PCs a Clue to the Next Big Thing in Technology?
A MetaFacts TUPdate by Dan Ness, Principal Analyst Consumers continue to shape the future of technology with their pocketbooks, whether by outright purchase or payment plans. PC renting is not currently widespread among most U.S. consumers, with only 1% of … Continue reading →
Filed under Consumer research, Households, Market Research, Market Segmentation, Technology User Overview Report, Trends, TUP 2010, TUPdate
Tagged as Aaron's, Best of breed, Buying behavior, Buying Factors, Consumer behavior, Electronic Communications Privacy Act, Ethnic, Home PCs, Market Adoption, Market segmentation, Minority, Netbook, Prepaid Wireless, Privacy, Racial, Redlining, Rental, Retail, Security, Segmentation, Seniors, Shopping, Smartphone, Sociodemographics, Sony, Tablet, Technology adoption, Wal-Mart
Are Smartphones really for fun, not communicating?
Are Smartphones really for fun, not communicating? A MetaFacts TUPdate by Dan Ness, Principal Analyst Are Smartphone subscribers more about fun than communication? Is entertainment that much stronger for Smartphone subscribers than for users of Basic Mobile Phones? Is the … Continue reading →
Filed under Market Research, MetaFAQs, Mobile Phones, Technology, Technology User Overview Report, TUP 2010, TUPdate
Tagged as Activities, Android, Apple, Apple iPhone, Blackberry, Communication, Consumer electronics, CTIA, Demographics, Digital imaging, Fun, Games, Gaming, Handset, Instant Messaging, iPhone, iTunes, Market Adoption, Market Research, Market segmentation, Mobile, Mobility, Movies, MP3 Players, Music, Music-intensive, Netflix, News, Nokia, Online activities, Pandora, Penetration, RIM, Smartphone, SMS, Sports, Technology adoption, Text messaging, Trends, TV, Voice, Voicemail, Weather, Wireless
Privacy is on the mind of savvy early adopters as they resist location sharing – A MetaFacts TUPdate
A MetaFacts TUPdate by Dan Ness, Principal Analyst Are early adopters starting to act like laggards? It may seem a paradox that the most forward-thinking consumers – the first to adopt smartphones – would also be the ones more strongly … Continue reading →
Filed under Consumer research, Market Research, Mobile Phones, Technology User Overview Report, TUP 2010, TUPdate
Tagged as Apple, Apple iPhone, Apps, Barriers, CTIA, Data Security, Early adopters, Foursquare, Identity theft, iPhone, iPod, Laggards, LBS, Location-Based Services, Locationgate, Market Adoption, Mobile Money, Mobile Payments, Mobility, Privacy, Shopping, Smartphone, Social Networking, Sociodemographics, Technology adoption, Trends, WikiLeaks
