Thursday, March 29, 2012
How Do iPhone 4S Owners Use Siri?
The Wall Street Journal reports that, according to a survey recently released by market research and consulting company Parks Associates, U.S. iPhone 4S owners usually use Siri to make phone calls and send text messages. In addition, only about a third of owners use Siri daily or almost daily, while 87 percent use at least one of its features monthly.
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Wednesday, January 11, 2012
Gadgets For Women Gone Wrong: Tech Companies Take Note
On Monday HSN announced the results of a survey by the international research firm Parks Associates that asked 2,000 adults about purchases they wanted to make before 2012. The results showed women outstripped men in their interest in owning electronics, with 18 percent of women planning on buying a tablet before 2012 (compared to 15 percent of men), 20 percent of - ...read more
Sunday, June 19, 2011
3G vs. 4G: What You Should Know Before You Switch
“As bandwidth increases, the content delivered will be richer and more diversified in terms of the type of content, providing incentive to use more services and consequently more bandwidth,” said Harry Wang of Parks Associates, a tech research - ...read more
Tuesday, May 10, 2011
Microsoft Bets Its Online Future On Skype
As Microsoft agreed to hand over $8.5 billion to capture the voice and video online calling company Skype, the computing giant essentially bet its future on its ability to integrate conversation and video into the company's myriad services already familiar to millions of consumers.
"When I look at the price tag, I go 'What?'" said ...read more
Friday, April 29, 2011
As Apple's Profits Surpass Microsoft's, All Eyes Are On iPad
"People could think about the tablet as a replacement for their traditional PC," said Harry Wang, director of mobile research at Parks Associates. "In some circumstances it could significantly impact PC sales because of - ...read more
Wednesday, April 20, 2011
Suing Samsung: Apple's Bid To Protect Its Brand Has Big Risks
"The big picture is these two companies are engaged in a combat. Cross litigation efforts about patent, about design, are actually a way to gain a competitive advantage in this industry," said Harry Wang, director of mobile research at Parks Associates.
"If you can have any way to play down your competitor, that - ...read more