Almost one in five Japanese still believe in word processors
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!
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