goo Research started another new regular survey series that is actually just a renaming of an old series, changing title from “mobile phone upgrade needs” to “mobile phone and smartphone upgrading”. This survey was reported on by japan.internet.com and far less interesting than the headline suggests.
Demographics
Between the 22nd and 26th of July 2011 1,001 mobile phone-owning members of the goo Research monitor group completed a private internet-based questionnaire. 50.6% of the sample were female, 1.7% in their teens, 12.5% in their twenties, 29.7% in their thirties, 28.7% in their forties, 27.5% aged fifty or older.
I want a smartphone whenever I get round to upgrading, and if docomo bring out something like the SoftBank Android device in the video embedded below, I’d buy it:
The popular image of Japan is often as a high-tech paradise, but the results of surveys like this one from goo Research into dedicated word processing devices (reported on by japan.internet.com) makes one scratch one’s head trying to work out why the results were what they were.
Demographics
Between the 19th and 21st of July 2011 1,095 members of the goo Research online monitor group completed a private internet-based questionnaire. 53.1% of the sample were male, 16.7% in their teens, 18.4% in their twenties, 21.3% in their thirties, 16.0% in their forties, 15.7% in their fifties, and 12.0% aged sixty or older.
The Pomera is a nifty bit of mechanical engineering (I still have fond memories of my Psion 5!) but hopelessly overpriced, currently sitting at about 20,000 yen for a text-based monochrome screen with just 89 megabytes of memory. There is the argument that a dedicated word processor frees you from distractions, but on PCs, iPhones and Androids you can get hold of minimalist full-screen writing applications that give you a clean space to write. Now that I’m writing about this, I really should grab a copy for myself for drafting blog articles! Read the rest of this entry »
japan.internet.com recently reported on the ninth regular survey by goo Research into consumer games machines.
Demographics
Over the 14th and 15th of July 2011 1,087 members of the goo Research monitor group completed a private internet-based questionnaire. 53.2% of the sample were male, 16.3% in their teens, 18.4% in their twenties, 21.4% in their thirties, 15.7% in their forties, and 28.2% aged fifty or older.
I’ve not really heard anything about the PlayStation Vita, but the Wii U looks interesting, although I probably won’t buy it myself. Read the rest of this entry »
With viruses – well, more often Trojans – spreading to smartphones, in particular to Android devices, this recent survey from goo Research looked at smartphone security, with japan.internet.com reporting in particular on anti-virus software installation.
Demographics
Between the 11th and 15th of July 2011 1,082 members of the goo Research monitor group completed a private internet-based questionnaire. 52.7% of the sample were male, 16.5% in their teens, 18.3% in their twenties, 21.5% in their thirties, 16.5% in their forties, 15.1% in their forties, and 12.2% aged sixty or older.
Android security is a very interesting subject; given the security model, I think even for an experienced user a security solution is necessary. Anti-virus is the default choice for people coming from the PC world, but on the limited resources of a mobile phone there has to be a better way! Some of the more interesting solutions are those offered by Mocana, the secure firmware implementation called WishperCore, TOMOYO Linux, and Kirin and TraintDroid, to name but a few. Read the rest of this entry »
Over the 6th and 7th of June 2011 1,148 members of the goo Research online monitor group completed a private internet-based questionnaire. 50.6% of the sample were male, 12.1% in their teens, 16.9% in their twenties, 28.0% in their thirties, 25.4% in their forties, 9.7% in their fifties, and 7.9% 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 question was obviously for the women only.
I was going to post a picture to illustrate one of these images, but I didn’t feel comfortable with it… UPDATE: I found my wife had taken one to illustrate number 4…
The previously-reported on regular goo Research survey into computer use by mobile phone users (the last one I translated was the 26th) has now become the first regular mobile phone users’ mail use survey. As usual, japan.internet.com did the reporting.
Demographics
Between the 4th and 6th of July 2011 1,081 members of the computer-based (or perhaps they might have signed up via a smartphone browser?) goo Research monitor group who had also registered as mobile phone monitors completed a mobile phone-based (including smartphone) questionnaire. 58.1% of the sample were female, 2.8% in their teens, 24.4% in their twenties, 37.0% in their thirties, 25.7% in their forties, and 10.1% aged fifty or older.
I suppose if I think about it I actually send more email (on a message count basis) from my mobile phone than from my computer, as I send a bare minimum of three mobile phone emails to my wife per day. Home PC-based mail is much less, as I either use social media for communication or just don’t bother… Yes Mum, I’ll get round to an email soon… Read the rest of this entry »
With both Google and Bing getting into social search by highlighting pages that have been shared or otherwise flagged by friends, goo Research decided to look at that subject, in a report published by japan.internet.com.
Demographics
Between the 28th of June and the 3rd of July 2011 1,082 members of the goo Research monitor group completed a private internet-based questionnaire. 53.1% of the sample were male, 16.2% in their teens, 18.2% in their twenties, 21.5% in their thirties, 16.5% in their forties, 15.5% in their fifties, and 12.1 aged sixty or older.
If you’d like to see more of what I like in social search, and if you use Google, I just discovered today that I have had an invite for Google+. If you too are in, my profile is here. Perhaps I should add Google+ to my sidebar along with Facebook. Read the rest of this entry »
japan.internet.com recently reported on the results of goo Research’s 9th regular survey into keitai (mobile phone) novels.
Demographics
Over the 27th and 28th of June 2011 1,121 members of the goo Research online monitor group completed a private internet-based questionnaire. 53.2% of the sample were male, 16.3% in their teens, 18.0% in their twenties, 21.9% in their thirties, 16.1% in their forties, 15.8% in their fifties, and 11.9% aged sixty or older.
Keitai novels are usually serialised books that are written in mobile phone email slang, on the whole. A number of them have crossed over into print, but I don’t really know how popular they are these days. Ahh, I just feel bitter that goo Research stopped their regular look at RSS readers and replaced it with this topic! Read the rest of this entry »
With the ongoing threats of mass blackouts this summer due in no small part to the power requirements of air conditioners, one solution people seem to be looking at is battery-powered fans, the particular focus of a report on japan.internet.com of a survey by goo Research into saving electricity, the second time this survey has been conducted.
Demographics
Between the 17th and 21st of June 2011 1,063 members of the goo Research online monitor group completed a private internet-based questionnaire. 53.0% of the sample were male, 16/6% in their teens, 18.2% in their twenties, 20.9% in their thirties, 16.5% in their forties, 15.9% in their fifties, and 12.0% aged sixty or older.
Many of the electrical stores are sold out of mains-powered fans – I picked up mine about a month ago while there were still lots to choose from – so perhaps battery-powered ones are the only thing left in stock, going some way to explaining the larger than I might expect headline figure. Note that the fans being talked about are large free-standing fans, not these minature toy ones. Read the rest of this entry »
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include "/home/kenyn/public_html/libchart/libchart.php";
$chart = new PieChart(400, 200);
$chart->setTitle(“How often do you watch video on your mobile phone?”);
$chart->addPoint(new Point(“Very often watch”, 6.2));
$chart->addPoint(new Point(“Often watch”, 11.0));
$chart->addPoint(new Point(“Sometimes watch”, 36.8));
$chart->addPoint(new Point(“Just watched once or twice”, 28.9));
$chart->addPoint(new Point(“Never watched, can’t watch”, 17.2));
$chart->render(“/home/kenyn/public_html/image11/often-watch-video-2.png”);
?> japan.internet.com reported on the 71st regular realtime mobile phone survey by goo Research, with the focus this time on mobile phone video.
Demographics
Between the 14th and 16th of June 2011 1,019 mobile phone-owning members of the goo Research monitor group completed a mobile internet-based questionnaire. 60.9% of the sample were female, 5.4% in their teens, 31.4% in their twenties, 33.0% in their thirties, 22.7% in their forties, and 7.6% aged fifty or older.
goo Research started another new regular survey series that is actually just a renaming of an old series, changing title from “mobile phone upgrade needs” to “mobile phone and smartphone upgrading”. This survey was reported on by japan.internet.com and far less interesting than the headline suggests.
The popular image of Japan is often as a high-tech paradise, but the results of surveys like this one from goo Research into 
japan.internet.com recently reported on the ninth regular survey by goo Research into 
With viruses – well, more often Trojans – spreading to smartphones, in particular to Android devices, this recent survey from goo Research looked at 
Here’s another fun survey from goo Ranking, this one looking at 
The previously-reported on regular goo Research survey into computer use by mobile phone users (the last one I translated was 
With both Google and Bing getting into 
japan.internet.com recently reported on the results of goo Research’s 9th regular survey into 
With the ongoing threats of mass blackouts this summer due in no small part to the power requirements of air conditioners, one solution people seem to be looking at is 
japan.internet.com reported on the 71st regular realtime mobile phone survey by goo Research, with the focus this time on 
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