'Must-Have' Features of a Handheld From AvantGo Survey
The folks at AvantGo recently released the results of a survey where they asked approximately 3200 people what the 'must-have' features are of their mobile devices. In order, they are:
1. Calendar/contact list
2. Easily syncs with PC
3. Great battery life
4. E-mail/messaging
5. Wi-Fi/Bluetooth
6. Compact size
7. MP3 player
8. Phone
9. Large screen
10. GPS locator
11. 20+ gigabyte memory
12. Camera
It would be really interesting to see how many votes each of these got, but if you just take the top 4 and assume that those are the most important, it seems the users are saying something different than the market. More and more devices are coming with color screens, big harddrives / memory cards, MP3 capabilities, video playback and cameras, but users still just want to be able to maintain a list of contacts, synchronize those contacts with a PC, not have to charge their device and be able to send and receive email and SMS. No wonder Blackberry sales are going through the roof!
November 12, 2004 in Platform by ajohnson