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How High-Tech Gadget Trends Differ By US Region
Ant writes in with news of a study revealing differences in gadget preferences by US region. The survey is not rigorous, based as it was on 7,500 online questionnaires submitted to Retrevo, a website for tech shoppers. The company plans to run the survey annually. "...in the smartphone category, the state of Maryland came out on top with 48 percent more households owning at least one such handset than elsewhere in the country. ... In iPad use, the state of New York took top honors. According to the survey, 52 percent more households have at least one iPad in the Empire State. ... Massachusetts beat out the rest of the nation in e-reader adoption..."
52 percent MORE. Not 52 percent of households.
And Alabama once again ranked #1 in "States Most Likely To Ban New Technology As Work of a Witch."
SJW: Someone who has run out of real oppression, and has to fake it.
Just to point out a correction to the article, in Detroit Michigan that's "Point and Shoot Gun" not "Point and Shoot Camera"
"Science flies us to the moon. Religion flies us into buildings." - Victor Stenger
There's probably not that level of penetration for just about any single consumer product.
Condoms :P
(Though that might be being optimistic)
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A fun graphical view of this is to read the discussion thread of the daily Woot! item, you'll see a gradient-shaded US map with the 50 states indicating the purchase rate. Today's item, a pair of pedometers isn't particularly high tech, so not a great example. But they are selling well in Utah, poorly in Alabama, Alaska and North Dakota. I've never checked to see if this is scaled by population. Almost everything on Woot! sells poorly in West Virginia.
I am not a crackpot.