Sometimes I present surveys that are difficult to believe, and this is one of these cases, a look at software licences by goo Research and rported on by japan.internet.com, where almost one in three who are aware of licences and have installed software in the last year claimed to usually or always read the accompanying licence!
Demographics
Between the 5th and 9th of October 2010 1,093 members of the goo Research online monitor goup completed a private internet-based questionnaire. 52.7% of the sample were male, 16.6% in their teens, 18.3% in their twenties, 21.3% in their thirties, 16.2% in their forties, 15.6% in their fifties, and 12.1% aged sixty or older.
I am surprised that so many do – it’s just one more click-through for me. Only if I am downloading software that tries to force a spammy toolbar install do I check the licence to see if it mentioned anything about data collection. Read the rest of this entry »
Although this recent survey by goo Research and reported on by japan.internet.com showed Apple way out ahead in the smartphone market in Japan, this gap will surely narrow in the near future, not least thanks to Sharp’s soon-to-come iPhone killer.
Demographics
Between the 6th and 8th of October 2010 1,086 members of the goo Research online monitor group completed a private internet-based questionnaire. 52.2% of the sample were male, 16.4% in their teens, 18.2% in their twenties, 21.7% in their thirties, 16.2% in their forties, and 27.4% aged fifty or older.
Sharp’s new IS03 is getting heavy advertising coverage right now, although it does look more like a promotion for Usian Bolt than a cell phone advert. The reason to suspect it might be an iPhone killer is first that Sharp have a track record for producing smartphones even before the term was invented (the W-ZERO3 series mentioned in Q1SQ1) and have made other innovations like the Netwalker (although it priced itself out of the market), but second and more importantly, the IS-03 is an iPhone for the Japanese market, with both One-Seg digital television decoder and FeliCa electronic cash chip on board. Furthermore, the carrier, au, have a much better image than Softbank, so there would be less resistance to switching carrier just for the device. It needs a sexier name than IS-03, however! Read the rest of this entry »
A popular topic of discussion these days is the Galapagosation (it sounds better in Japanese) of the Japanese phone market, how handsets has evolved to suit the Japanese market (or is it vice versa?). This recent survey from goo Research, reported on by japan.internet.com, their 53rd regular look at mobile upgrade needs showed that many of the desired features are those popular in Japan alone.
Demographics
Between the 28th and 30th of September 2010 exactly 1,000 mobile phone-owning members of the goo Research monitor group completed a private internet-based questionnaire. 50.6% of the sample were female, 1.2% in their teens, 15.9% in their twenties, 32.5% in their thirties, 27,4% in their forties, and 23.0% aged fifty or older.
I’m driven by handset price too, with that as the main barrier to me upgrading. Maybe around Christmas I’ll buy last year’s model at a sensible price. I have my heart set on a smartphone, but my wallet says no, however, as the flat rate packet price, as I discuss every time I post about smartphones, is still too high…
As there’s nothing decent to graph, here instead is a video showing how it’s a dog eat dog (stewpot set) market out there…
With mobile phone-based SNSes (well, they are more like Social Gaming Services) currently flooding television screens with advertisements, it’s easy to forget about the granddaddy of them all, mixi. goo Research haven’t as this was the subject of a survey they conducted that was reported on by japan.internet.com.
Demographics
Between the 1st and 4th of October 2010 1,083 members of the goo Research online monitor group completed a private internet-based questionnaire. 52.8% of the sample were male, 16.3% in their teens, 18.3% in their twenties, 21.5% in their thirties, 16.3% in their forties, 15.6% in their fifties, and 12.0% aged sixty or older.
I kept meaning to sign up for mixi, and even got an invite from someone, but even now with it going invite-free this March I’ve never felt the urge to sign up, as it would just be something else to ignore along with What Japan Thinks on Facebook. Read the rest of this entry »
japan.internet.com recently published the highlights of goo Research’s 64th regular mobile research surve, this time focusing on mobile shopping.
Demographics
Between the 13th and 16th of September 2010 1,017 members of the goo Research mobile monitor group completed a private internet-based querstionnaire. 56.0% of the sample were female, 3.5% in their teens, 25.6% in their twenties, 39.4% in their thirties, 24.6% in their forties, and 6.9% aged fifty or older.
I’ve never bought anything through my mobile, and don’t think I ever will, at least not until I get a smartphone.
In Q2SQ2, I’m not really sure about the 3.9% who do mobile shopping while physical shopping! Perhaps it means people who for instance find a book they want in a bookshop, but pop onto Amazon to order it at a lower price? Read the rest of this entry »
A recent survey from goo Research, reported on by japan.internet.com, into learning foreign languages found not surprisingly that English was the most popular language, but surprisingly that for most it was a hobby rather than for any specific work or travel-related objective.
Demographics
Between the 22nd and 26th of September 2010 1,074 members of the goo Research online monitor group completed a private internet-based questionnaire. 52.8% 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, 15.6% in their fifties, and 12.0% aged sixty or older.
I’d love to have found out more about how people were learning for free – was it something like me with What Japan Thinks, just reading stuff on the web and hoping it sticks, was it free lessons through NHK educational television, or just choosing to go to the subtitled instead of dubbed version of movies? Read the rest of this entry »
A most interesting recent survey from goo Research was a 30,000 woman breast cancer survey, the sixth time they have carried this out.
Demographics
Between the 10th and 14th of September 2010 32,830 women made up from members of the goo Research monitor panel and ordinary users of goo web services completed an internet-based questionnaire. 1.5% of the sample were in their teens, 5.3% between 20 and 24 years old, 11.7% between 25 and 29, 18.0% between 30 and 34, 20.0% between 35 and 29, 15.8% between 40 and 44, 12.5% between 45 and 49, 7.4% between 50 and 54, 4.0% between 55 and 50, and 3.7% aged sixty or older. 38.7% were housewives, 24.7% in full-time regular employment, 20.4% in short-term or part-time work, etc.
I’ve highlighted the results from how women felt about mammographies, as my wife reports them to be a very painful experience, but I believe the question is more directed towards how women feel after having had the results rather than about the details of the examination itself. Read the rest of this entry »
The sixth regular survey into consumer games machines by goo Research and reported on by japan.internet.com also revealed that almost all portable games machine users used them at home.
Demographics
Over the 16th and 17th of September 2010 1,099 members of the goo Research online monitor group completed a private internet-based questionnaire. 52.6% of the sample were male, 16.4% in their teens, 18.7% in their twenties, 21.7% in their thirties, 15.8% in their forties, and 15.7% in their fifties, and 11.7% aged sixty or older.
I read today about Panasonic’s re-entry into the games market through a subsiduary names Panasonic Cloud Entertainment, or PCENT for short (read as P-CENT?) with the too-ugly-to-be-retro The Jungle.
Note that Panasonic have never actually been away from the games market, as they’ve done a lot of system software for all the recent Nintendo devices, but PCENT seem to have no relation to the Nintendo-related work.
Note that the survey for some reason reported the first two sets of data as percentages but the third as raw numbers. Read the rest of this entry »
A curious set of results were produced by this recent survey by goo Research, reported on by japan.internet.com, into microblogging. Although (or should that be ‘because’) the report did not define what a microblog was, under 8% reported having used or read one, yet just over 20% reported having been Twitter users, yet Twitter was the very first microblog.
Demographics
Between the 13th and 17th of September 2010 1,079 members of the goo Research online monitor group completed a private internet-based questionnaire. 52.7% of the sample were male, 16.4% in their teens, 18.5% in their twenties, 21.0% in their thirties, 16.0% in their forties, 15.8% in their fifties, and 12.2% aged sixty or older.
However, there are other microblogs that are more like real blogs but with a text limit and without the social features of Twitter, but I cannot name any offhand! I’m sure there’s a WordPress plugin, though, to turn your blog into a Twitter for one. A quick Google finds these two for starters.
I believe this is the first time I’ve translated a survey on this topic of fax machines, conducted by goo Research and reported on by japan.internet.com.
Demographics
Over the 2nd and 3rd of September 2010 1,089 members of the goo Research online monitor group completed a private internet-based questionnaire. 52.8% of the sample were male, 16.3% in their teens, 18.0% in their twenties, 21.3% in their thirties, 16.3% in their forties, 16.0% in their fifites, and 12.2% aged sixty or older.
My fax machine is a combined fax, telephone (including wireless handset), colour scanner, photo printer, SD card reader and wireless printer which probably has another few functions hidden in the depths of its full-colour touch screen-controlled menu system! We get and send less than one fax a week, however… Read the rest of this entry »
Sometimes I present surveys that are difficult to believe, and this is one of these cases, a look at software licences by goo Research and rported on by japan.internet.com, where almost one in three who are aware of licences and have installed software in the last year claimed to usually or always read the accompanying licence!
Although this recent survey by goo Research and reported on by japan.internet.com showed Apple way out ahead in the 
With mobile phone-based SNSes (well, they are more like Social Gaming Services) currently flooding television screens with advertisements, it’s easy to forget about the granddaddy of them all, 
japan.internet.com recently published the highlights of goo Research’s 64th regular mobile research surve, this time focusing on 
A recent survey from goo Research, reported on by japan.internet.com, into 
A most interesting recent survey from goo Research was a 30,000 woman 
A curious set of results were produced by this recent survey by goo Research, reported on by japan.internet.com, into 
I believe this is the first time I’ve translated a survey on this topic of 
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