Re: [IxDA Discuss] Need user data on iPhone adoption by age
So less than one in four even want an iPhone? Sounds pretty unpopular among teens to me! *Any* company still residing on this planet would kill to get such numbers given the margins, carrier subsidies and recurring post-sale revenues from the iPhone. In business as in design, context is everything. -- Kontra http://counternotions.com 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
Re: [IxDA Discuss] Need user data on iPhone adoption by age
An assertion was made to me that teens (specifically both genders age 12-18) are not adopting iPhones Fortune/CNN: Survey: 8% of U.S. teens own an iPhone; 22% want one http://apple20.blogs.fortune.cnn.com/2008/10/08/survey-8-of-us-teens-own-an-iphone-22-want-one/ -- Kontra http://counternotions.com 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
Re: [IxDA Discuss] Need user data on iPhone adoption by age
So less than one in four even want an iPhone? Sounds pretty unpopular among teens to me! Until you actually read the article and see that the headline is bogus. It's really more than one in five who expect to buy a phone soon expect to get an iPhone. So rather than less then 25% want one, it's more than 20% of new phones will be iPhones. -- Jim Via my iPhone On Oct 8, 2008, at 2:36 PM, Kontra [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: An assertion was made to me that teens (specifically both genders age 12-18) are not adopting iPhones Fortune/CNN: Survey: 8% of U.S. teens own an iPhone; 22% want one http://apple20.blogs.fortune.cnn.com/2008/10/08/survey-8-of-us-teens-own-an-iphone-22-want-one/ -- Kontra http://counternotions.com 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 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
Re: [IxDA Discuss] Need user data on iPhone adoption by age
After enjoying my iPhone for a couple of months (and talking about it others, including lots of Blackberry users), I'd say the touchscreen typing is probably the biggest reason given for people who decide against it -- but I suspect that cuts across all age groups. On the other hand, younger users probably don't care quite so much about email proper, whereas for adults (i.e. people with jobs) that is a huge plus, and the iPhone handles (incoming) email so well. BTW the iphone also has predictive text, though I must say it drives me nuts. - Jim 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
Re: [IxDA Discuss] Need user data on iPhone adoption by age
Michael Mace and Rubicon Consulting did a study that might help: http://mobileopportunity.blogspot.com/2008/04/announcing-new-survey-of-iphone-users.html Barbara Ballard [EMAIL PROTECTED] 1-785-838-3003 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
[IxDA Discuss] Need user data on iPhone adoption by age
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
Re: [IxDA Discuss] Need user data on iPhone adoption by age
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
