Disqus
A survey of U.S. cell phone shoppers by Data Development Worldwide has revealed unsurprisingly that folks want access to multiple kinds of content from their phones. Despite wanting more when picking up a new mobile, users still show preference to a few capabilities over others (for example, a nice camera). There’s something to be said about wanting a phone that just makes calls, and skips the headache of all the other stuff, but it seems like a significant chunk of consumers are supporting convergence. It’s almost impossible to find a phone without a camera built into it, even on the lowest end, and now features like Wi-Fi and GPS are starting to work their way down the value ladder. Social networking and third party apps are the next big things to converge on mobile, but for now are distinctly a part of upper-tier handsets.
[via Cellular-News]
About The Author
Simon Sage
Simon Sage’s education largely surrounded writing, technology and online community, leading him to begin his blogging career at www.BlackBerryCool.com and to quickly discover a vibrant and active community surrounding BlackBerry and mobile technology. In exploring RIM’s platform, he has learned what enterprises are looking for in mobility as well as what makes the innocuous BlackBerry so appealing to them. Recently Simon’s been covering RIM’s gradual move into an already-crowded consumer market, and the impact of burgeoning challengers, such as the iPhone, as well as long-time leaders, like Nokia, on BlackBerry’s advancement. With plenty of content under his belt, Simon will be branching off a bit to see what other smartphone manufacturers are working on while still using BlackBerry as a barometer. At IntoMobile, you can count on his posts being even-handed, well-informed and thought-out.
