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2 out of 5 Blackberry Owners Tempted by Forbidden Fruit

by Jay Garrett on March 20, 2010

Could it be that even the most ardent of Blackberry owners are preparing to turn their backs on their QWERTY machines once the iPhone 4G or iPhone HD is released?

This seems to be the case according to a survey conducted by Crowd Science. It revealed that a staggering 2 out of 5 Blackberry users said that they would to move over to the Appley handset once their contract comes up for renewal.

It appears that the major hang-up that the RIM phone lovers have is the lack of security features on the iPhone – you know, the backdoors that allow people to jailbreak the iPhone OS.

Are you a Blackberry user? Are you tempted to defect over and join us on the Apple side of the street?

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What Do Gadgety People of the UK Want From the iTablet?

by Jay Garrett on January 26, 2010

Top shopping website VoucherCodes.co.uk commissioned a survey of 3,000 people across the nation, which lays bare what Britons want from Apple’s latest creation and what they might be prepared to pay for it.

Worryingly for Apple CEO Steve Jobs, price is a key concern for British shoppers.

The OnePoll survey of 3,000 people from across the UK revealed that 54% of British consumers would consider buying the Apple iTablet, however, 25% would only buy it if it was the right price.

46% of British consumers indicated that they would only be prepared to spend £250 on the Apple iTablet a long way off what the most recent rumour has it as.

More encouragingly if the new device has strong gaming functionality then there would appear to be a huge opportunity for Apple to take the lucrative gaming industry by storm. 49% of British shoppers indicated that they would find an Apple iTablet a more desirable gaming device than the Nintendo DS or a Sony PSP if it could play games.

Do People Want It?

  • 54% in total would consider buying an Apple iTablet
  • 25% would buy it at the right price
  • 8% would buy it with the right features
  • 14% will wait for Apple to iron out any bugs
  • 2% would buy it immediately
  • 40% see no use for or have no interest in it

What Would People Pay?

  • 46% of British consumers would only be prepared to spend £250 on the Apple iTablet
  • 25% would pay £500
  • 21% would pay less than £100

What Do People Most Want It To Do?

  • Web browser
  • Download and read books, magazines and newspapers on the go
  • Download and view movies on a high resolution screen
  • Download, manage and play music
  • Writing slate that converts handwriting to text

What Do People Want to Read on the Apple iTablet?

  • Books (54%)
  • Newspapers (48%)
  • Work or Study Documents (26%)
  • Blogs (20%)
  • Adult material (7%)

What Would People Pay for a Weekly Newspaper Subscription on the iTablet?

  • Nothing (Free) (35%)
  • Less than £1 (17%)
  • £1 (12%)
  • £2 (16%)
  • £3 (5%)

Gaming

  • 49% of British shoppers would prefer an Apple iTablet to a Nintendo DS or a Sony PSP if it could play games.

Most Popular Names for the Apple iTablet

  • iTablet (27%)
  • iPad (25%)
  • iSlate (12%)

Least Popular Names for the Apple iTablet

  • iBrick (1.43%)
  • iChunk (1.87%)
  • iSlab (2.13%)

 

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Sony PSPgo Possibly Getting Huge Colour Range

November 12, 2009 Click to read more →
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The Sony PSPgo! hasn’t really taken the gaming scene by storm has it?
Perhaps a slew of pretty colours may persuade you.
A Destructoid reader, Artimecion, was surveyed by Hall & Partners Europe for their opinion of a proposed range of colourful PSPgo’s.
The large gallery of potential PSPgo flavours was actually part of a much longer survey [...]

iPhone eBooks and eReaders out Gun Games for First Time

November 2, 2009 Click to read more →
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For anyone thinking that reading a book on a small screen is a bad idea and the power of paper should never be overlooked then be prepared to rethink.
Whilst the Kindle, Sony Reader, Cool-er and even Alex are pretty certain of the future; Apple’s iPhone has stepped in with its own proof.
The obvious advantage with [...]

Mobile Internet Twice As Nice Since 2008

March 16, 2009 Click to read more →

We know that Brits love mobile internet.
But comScore worked out that the number of people accessing news and information on their mobile device has more than doubled in a year.
In January 2008 around 36,870,000 US users accessed the internet on a mobile phone. This figure rose to over 63,000,000 in January 2009.
Out of that 63.2 [...]

UK Parents Want Games Age Rated

February 27, 2009 Click to read more →

A YouGov poll has been carried out and the result is that three quarters of British parents are concerned about the content of video games and want independent regulation of their content.
This has come at a time when the government is due to decide whether to let the games industry continue to regulate privately.
The BBFC [...]

Most Kids Between 7 and 15 Own at Least One Mobile Phone

February 18, 2009 Click to read more →

35% of kids own a mobile by the time they are 8 years old – this was the finding of the charity Personal Finance Education Group (pfeg).
The survey also discovered that three-quarters of all children aged seven to 15 owned “at least” one mobile.
It found that children as young as seven were offering to do chores in exchange for [...]

Brits Are Loving The Mobile Internet – FACT!

November 27, 2008 Click to read more →

More Brit based gadgety news that goes further to prove how addicted to the bleeding-edge of technology the UK is.
Neilsen Online suggests that mobile web usage has increased by 25% between July and September of this year and that 7.3 million (up from 5.8 million) of Britons are now logging on through their mobiles.
It is [...]

Gadgets are the New Black in London Dahling

November 24, 2008 Click to read more →

Following on from the news that Brits spend around 50 grand on gadgets and electronic gear in an average lifetime it seems that the hunger for geekahol and gizmos is still strong through the Credit Crunch!
London shoppers are still finding the cash to spend on shiny new gadgets whether as a useful tool or just to [...]