世論 What Japan Thinks

goo Ranking recently took a look at what smartphone-related terminology people are too embarrassed to display their ignorance by asking about.

Demographics

Between the 18th and 20th of October 2011 1,092 members of the goo Research online monitor group completed a private internet-based questionnaire. 52.3% of the sample were male, 11.2% in their teens, 16.2% in their twenties, 25.7% in their thirties, 25.8% in their forties, 11.5% in their fifties, and 9.5% aged sixty or older. Note that the score in the results refers to the relative number of votes for each option, not a percentage of the total sample.

This ranking implies that the higher the score, the less likely people are to know the term. I’d never heard about drawr (!NSFW!) before, but I don’t know if it really is that much of a topic of conversation. UPDATE: Oops, my mistake – it was drawer, not drawr; that term’s made me embarrassed too!

I’m familiar with all the terms except for “home app”; Google suggests that it’s some kind of replacement for the default Android shell.

Ranking result

Q: What smartphone technical terms are you too embarrassed to display your ignorance by asking about them? (Sample size=1,092)

Rank		Score
1	Drawer	100
2	Flick input	97.0
3	Tethering	83.2
4	AR	81.0
5	Galakei	78.4
6	OAuth authentication	76.7
7	Pinch in, pinch out	74.1
8=	Dock	71.1
8=	UI	71.1
10	Widget	69.8
11	Dual core	63.4
12	Push notification	62.5
13	SIM free	56.9
14	Tap	55.2
15	3G	51.3
16	Bluetooth	48.7
17=	Wi-fi	47.0
17=	BlackBerry	47.0
19	Multitask	46.1
20	Home app	39.7
21	SMS, MMS	38.8
22	Live wallpaper	37.9
23	Multitouch	35.8
24	Lock screen	31.5
25	Android	31.0