Phones of the Phuture: same as today
p2pnet news view | Mobiles:- Student-researchers at the University of New Hampshire’s Whittemore School of Business and Economics were wondering how students saw current and future uses of the cell phone.
So they ran a survey —- and their findings tallied nicely with the results of an IDC study.
As p2pnet summed it up, “Guess what? Mobile phones are primarily used as — mobile phones. In other words, people mainly use them for talking to each other.”
Now, most of 707 UNH student squestioned said they use their cell phones as, Yup, cell phones — like, for making calls?
Next up was text messaging, but it’s the third most popular application which’ll open a few eyes.
Cellphones also make great alarm clocks, said students.
Not only but also, “These practical features on the cell phone are similar to the practical features students are looking for on the cell phone of the future,” says the University of New Hampshire Cell Phone Study, going on:
“Students are not looking for a high tech phone. Now and in the future, students ranked the most technologically advanced features as the least used and the least desired.”
What !?!? Is that sound Steve Jobs grinding his teeth?
Features such as listening to music, global positioning satellite (GPS), email and video messaging were among the lowest used on current cell phones, says the study.
And when it came to phones of the phuture, “video editing, a friend locator, and using the cell phone as a credit card” were way down the list of desirables.
What would the likes of Apple, Motorla, Nokia, et al, do without ‘early adopters’ and gadget freaks?
summed it up – This phone is made for talking …, August 18, 2008
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