Product Type: Market Research Report
Published by: In-Stat
Published: July 2006
Product Code: R97-2501Description The ultimate goal of a SmartPhone is to be able to replace the use of a laptop or PDA for mobile workers. In-Stat surveyed 790 users to find how the industry is performing in achieving this goal. While SmartPhones are the most valued device—more than laptops or PDAs—there are several obstacles that need to be overcome. Manufacturers need to overcome objections to small screen size and bad keyboards, while software companies need to make the applications operate in a similar fashion, as well as synchronize. A more stubborn obstacle is the behavior of mobile workers, who often want to carry redundant devices, such as a PDA and a SmartPhone.Table of Contents
- Executive Summary
- Methodology
- Introduction
- Characteristics of Survey Respondents
- Demographics
- Travel
- Wireless Usage
- Devices Currently in Use
- Laptops
- PDAs
- SmartPhones
- Summary
- Combined Use of Portable Devices
- SmartPhone Only Users
- SmartPhone and PDA Users
- Applications on Devices
- Overall Application Usage
- Application Usage by Device
- Opinions about Converged Devices
- Concerns about Running Applications on a SmartPhone
- More or Exclusive Use of a SmartPhone
- SmartPhone Forecast
- Conclusion
- List of Tables
- Table 1. Worldwide SmartPhone Cell Phone Forecast, 2006-2011 (Units in Thousands)
- List of Figures
- Figure 1. Benefits of Obtaining a SmartPhone
- Figure 2. Usefulness of Portable Devices as Reported by Users
- Figure 3. Features Considered Necessary to Use SmartPhone More Than Now
- Figure 4. Age Range of Respondents
- Figure 5. Employment Type for the Survey Respondents
- Figure 6. Amount of Time Away From the Office
- Figure 7. Carrier Used by the Respondents
- Figure 8. Brand of Phone Used by Respondents
- Figure 9. Business or Business and Personal
- Figure 10. Perceived Value of Laptop Among Users
- Figure 11. Perceived Value of Laptop by Amount of Travel of Respondent
- Figure 12. Wireless Connectivity on the Laptops of Respondents
- Figure 13. Laptop Frustrations
- Figure 14. Frequency of Replacement for Laptop Users
- Figure 15. Brands Used by Respondents Who Carry a PDA
- Figure 16. PDA User's Perception of Value for Their PDA
- Figure 17. Type of Wireless Connectivity in Use with the Respondent's PDA
- Figure 18. Frustrations with the Device Among PDA Users
- Figure 19. Planned Replacement Frequency for PDA
- Figure 20. Response as to whether the Respondent's Wireless Phone Is a SmartPhone
- Figure 21. OS Share Among Respondents Using a SmartPhone
- Figure 22. Perceived Value of Device by SmartPhone Users
- Figure 23. Respondents Perceiving Their SmartPhone to be Essential by Amount of Travel
- Figure 24. Recognized Benefits of SmartPhones
- Figure 25. Device Frustrations Among SmartPhone Users
- Figure 26. SmartPhone Frustrations by Operating System
- Figure 27. SmartPhone Replacement Frequency
- Figure 28. Summary of Feelings About Devices
- Figure 29. Replacement Frequency Summary
- Figure 30. Devices Currently Used by Respondents
- Figure 31. PDA and Laptop Usage by Feature Phone and SmartPhone Users
- Figure 32. Brand of PDA Used by Palm Treo Users Who Also Carry a PDA
- Figure 33. Application Usage by Device for All Respondents
- Figure 34. Device Used with Major Business Applications
- Figure 35. Applications Used by PDA and Feature Phone Users
- Figure 36. Concerns about Running PDA and Laptop Applications on a SmartPhone (Multiple Answers Allowed)
- Figure 37. Features Needed for Respondents to Use SmartPhone More or Exclusively
|
|
