How High-Tech Gadget Trends Differ By US Region 51
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..."
Re:Flawed study (Score:5, Informative)
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DOH!
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52 percent MORE. Not 52 percent of households.
To be fair, TFS doesn't say MORE than what. I assumed national average, but it could very well be 48% of Marylanders.
Remember when editors were used to improve grammar?
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<emily litella> .... Nevermind.
Oh, well that's different then.
<\emily litella>
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Jesus! Now there is an ancient and crusty tag. I don't feel quite so old now.
Re:Flawed study (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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In iPad use, the state of New York took top honors.
Honors? Please.
As for my beloved state (Score:5, Funny)
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Villager: We have found a witch, may we burn her?
Crowd: BURN!! BUUUURN HER!
Bedevere: But how do you *know* she is a witch?
Villager: She looks like one!
Other Villagers: Yeah! She looks like one!!!
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I'm just going to cut this off now and jump ahead to:
"A duck!"
*crowd gasps*
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And Alabama once again ranked #1 in "States Most Likely To Ban New Technology As Work of a Witch."
Whenever my state ranks 2nd in something bad, or 49th in something good, I just smile and say: "Thanks Alabama".
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So you're from Arkansas.
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I woouldn't trust these numbers. "The survey is not rigorous, based as it was on 7,500 online questionnaires submitted to Retrevo, a website for tech shoppers".
"Not rigorous" is likely the understatement of the week. It's only 150 households per state, giving it a HUGE margin of error. Plus "online questionnaires" adds self-selection, but what really matters is "submitted to Retrevo, a website for tech shoppers". So these numbers only apply to people who have ever heard of this site.
In short -- you can comp
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Does an iPad weigh more than a duck?
California the greenest (Score:3, Interesting)
The San Francisco Bay Area was also duly noted by Retrevo for being the greenest region with the most energy-efficient consumer electronics.
Which explains why my lifestyle reverted to 1999 post-tech bubble standards as soon as I moved from Colorado to here. Of course, it's easy to recycle when you get a 70 gallon recycling bin and a 20 gallon trash bin from WM. Suddenly a lot more trash looks recyclable....
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Yes and they took the top for most energy efficient because energy costs so much. My 850 square foot apartment cost me almost 3 times as much to heat and cool as the 1950 square foot townhouse i rent now in eastern Washington. My energy bill in Concord Ca. which is in the bay area was $250+ a month. Here in eastern Washington. $85-$105 a month.
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If you live in the New England states, you'll see a lot of recycling there too - They've adopted the California emissions standards for cars, as well as other CA-generated green practices.
I'm not surprised to see Maryland at #1. I've traveled all over the place, and that's the nerdiest-geekiest state in the Union. You have a lot of electronics and computer-based companies clustered around the cities of Baltimore and Washington, plus the so-called "technocrats" that fill all the government bureaucracies in
Affluent states have more affluent toys (Score:3, Insightful)
Obvious survey is obvious, film at 11. If you earn more than people in other states, you will spend more on gadgets than other states.
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NY: Geek toys
San Fran : Sex toys
New Orleans : Inflatable sex toys
Alabama: Inflatable sex toys that look like your sister
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My Google-fu[1]is better than you! Ahhh-Ha! (Score:2)
Sis wants to know
Well Sis...uhmm...I mean AHuxley, you asked for it! [discreet-romance.com]
Oh, and while *ahem* 'Sis' is waiting for "Blow Up Billy Goat", [discreet-romance.com] 'Sis'can
plan the anticipated action here. [kezfun.net]
[1]
This is the first result with google.com in the search for 'farm animal sex toys' that was not some bestiality pr0n vids/pics web site.
I tried the search to find something appropriate to link to to post a snarky comment, like: 'Try Oklahoma!', but this applies to any USA
state "Where the men are MEN, and the sheep/goats are SCARED!".
BTW: if I get goat
Correction (Score:5, Funny)
Just to point out a correction to the article, in Detroit Michigan that's "Point and Shoot Gun" not "Point and Shoot Camera"
Re: As for my beloved state (Score:1)
And Alabama once again ranked #1 in "States Most Likely To Ban New Technology As Work of a Witch." ---- baawwwhahahahahahaha i love it!
Check the tech toys on Woot! (Score:5, Interesting)
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Did you bother to even read the 2nd sentence of the summary?
The survey is not rigorous, based as it was on 7,500 online questionnaires submitted to Retrevo, a website for tech shoppers.
Thinkgeek? (Score:2)
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Not really. ThinkGeek sells toys - not gadgets (no phones, no ipods/pads, etc). And anything they do sell, they're almost always one or the more expensive places to get it. If I need caffinated shower gel it's my first stop, but not for serious gadget shopping.
Green from CA (Score:2)
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More than what? (Score:2)
"the state of Maryland came out on top with 48 percent more households owning at least one such handset than elsewhere in the country."
What does this mean? I can think of three different interpretations of this which would all result in vastly different distributions throughout the country.
My best guess, based on realistic assumptions, is that it means that the *rate* of ownership in Maryland is 1.48x the rate of the entire country. If so, they worded the article poorly. Taken literally, they make it sound
In iPad use, the state of New York took top honors (Score:1, Insightful)
Garbage In - Garbage Out (Score:2)
The results, which were based on 7,500 online questionnaires submitted to the consumer electronics review company Retrevo, support commonsense assumptions in some cases about where certain devices might be hot.
The geek is a sucker for the online poll.
Online poll? 7500 participants? (Score:2)
so... (Score:2)
new york have more hopeful artists and execs running around then anywhere else in USA?
actual results? (Score:1)
Search engine spammers. (Score:1)
Why on earth would you run a story that is essentially advertising, for those assholes "Retrevo" that come up as spam any time you do a key word search for some arbitrary product and "review"? They never have any reviews, just spam.
Might as well run a story published by Nigerian scammers or folks selling Viagra.