How High-Tech Gadget Trends Differ By US Region

Posted by kdawson on Tuesday August 3, 2010 @08:50AM from the you-say-potato dept.

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..."

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Re:Flawed study by apdmc6008 · 2010-08-03 08:58 · Score: 5, Informative

52 percent MORE. Not 52 percent of households.
Re:Flawed study by BarryJacobsen · 2010-08-03 09:02 · Score: 5, Funny

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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