Category Archives: Devices

Smartphone Music Listeners

People listening to music on their smartphones are still relatively few, yet are quickly growing in numbers. Smartphone music listeners now represent 14% of online households. Certainly the rise of Apple iPhone adoption has been a major factor, although isn’t the only one. The types of … Continue reading

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Filed under Consuming Content, Entertainment, iPhones, Music Listening, Smartphones

Renegade Distracted Drivers

A core group of drivers believe they deserve to be able to email or text while driving. These unyielding adults strongly or very strongly believe in their entitlement, perhaps giving a new meaning to the land of the free and … Continue reading

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Filed under eMail, Entitlement, Feature Phones, Instant Messaging/Chat, Smartphones, Twitter

Plan to Buy Entertainment Products and Services

Consumers planning to buy certain hot entertainment-oriented consumer electronics products and services are a unique group, and defined by much more than their demographics. We surveyed a large representative number of households about their upcoming purchase plans, along with a full range … Continue reading

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Filed under Amazon, Best Buy, Entertainment, Marketing, Settop Boxes, Shopping

eReaders

People using eReaders are a unique group, and defined by much more than their demographics. Those who use an eReader such as the Amazon Kindle, Barnes & Noble Nook represent 11.4% of all U.S. households, close to one out of nine. As new versions are hitting … Continue reading

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Mostly Printing Coupons

Those consumers Mostly Printing Coupons are highly sought by marketers for their strong interest and buying activity. Those who use their home PC printer to print coupons - as the main type of document for their PC printer - represent 15.1% of all U.S. … Continue reading

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Occasional Coupon Printers

Occasional Coupon Printers are sought by marketers for their buying interest and activity. Those consumers who use their home PC printer to print coupons – even occasionally – represent 41.4% of all U.S. households, a substantial number. This group includes a higher-than-average share … Continue reading

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Top Home PC Imagers

Top Home PC Imagers know that a picture is worth a thousand words. They create graphics, take pictures and videos, and these these in their own websites or blogs, photo-sharing services such as Flickr, and in presentations  They are in … Continue reading

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Filed under Cameras, Creating Private Content, Creating Shared Content, Images

Top Home PC Communicators

Top Home PC Communicators stay in touch. They are in the top tier in using their home PCs for the widest range of communication – from email to instant messaging, domestic and international VoIP and video webcam calls, blogging, and tweeting.  This segment is … Continue reading

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Filed under Communications, Consuming Content, Creating Private Content, Creating Shared Content, eMail, Instant Messaging/Chat, Smartphones, VoIP

Apple iPhone Users

Apple iPhone users are a sought-after group. Most are big spenders and like to show it. This Consumer Tech Index reveals some surprises about the people you see sporting the latest and greatest from Apple. It may not be surprising they are … Continue reading

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Consumer Tech Index-Profiles Available and Coming

Here are some examples of the profiles available and forthcoming from Consumer Tech Index: Gadgets and tech products used – what they use Apple footprint Apple iPhone Users Mobile PCs HP footprint Smartphone operating systems eReaders Mobile phone transitions The … Continue reading

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Filed under Adoption Segments, Behaviors & Activities, Consumer Segments, Devices, Marketing