I think that the typing by feel is only one variable in the decision. I very much doubt that many parents, given the current economic environment, are willing to lay out $300 for a new iPhone + and extra $20/month. Many parents no doubt consider a cell phone a necessity for their teen, but that does not extend to texting, twittering, etc - just to the root functionality which is a phone that works, and unless the kid's current cellphone is dead, they will resist spending any more money.
On Fri, Oct 3, 2008 at 11:11 AM, Alan Wexelblat <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote: > I know, a really general request, but here goes: > > An assertion was made to me that teens (specifically both genders age > 12-18) are not adopting iPhones because they're used to being able to > text without looking at the phone - essentially typing by feel and > relying on the predictive typing software in the phone to get it > right. The underlying claim is that the interaction model of the > iPhone doesn't match the use model for this population and so they're > not adopting it (or any of its on-screen-typing competitors). > > My Google fu is completely failing to find any data that would back up > or discount this assertion. I'm hoping someone here knows where to > look. I'd even take raw sales statistics, though of course an actual > study would help. > > TIA, > --Alan > ________________________________________________________________ > Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! > To post to this list ....... [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Unsubscribe ................ http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe > List Guidelines ............ http://www.ixda.org/guidelines > List Help .................. http://www.ixda.org/help > -- ~ will "Where you innovate, how you innovate, and what you innovate are design problems" --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Will Evans | User Experience Architect tel: +1.617.281.128 | [EMAIL PROTECTED] aim: semanticwill | gtalk: wkevans4 twitter: semanticwill | skype: semanticwill --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ________________________________________________________________ Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ....... [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe ................ http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines ............ http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .................. http://www.ixda.org/help
