Yawning public puts convergence on skids - survey
Ah, Andrew Orlowski. The man can’t even manage to be consistent within the same article. Compare this bit:
The survey shows consumers express a slight, but firm preference for having one device that does music on the go, with the preference being that it should be a phone. Farewell, then iPod - we’ll see you in the section today reserved for PDAs at Circuit City (ie, locked away, under the counter) fairly soon.
With this bit:
Refreshingly, a whacking 80 per cent of respondents said they didn’t need any new kind of converged gizmo at all right now, thank you. 44 per cent said they weren’t interested at all, and 36 per cent said they were fine with what they had, all the same.
So… the preference is for one device, probably a phone, to pick up multiple duties, which means the iPod should soon go on the junk heap. But the preference is also against getting one device that picks up multiple duties, and most people aren’t interested in switching out what they already have Which, judging from market share, is probably an iPod.
Hmm.
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