Survey: 18% likely to buy Apple's tablet
Interest among ChangeWave's early adopters compares with the first Intel Macs
Adding to the pre-tablet buzz, ChangeWave Research issued the results Thursday of a survey gauging consumer interest in the new Apple (AAPL) device expected to be unveiled at next Wednesday's "latest creation" event.
Asked how likely they would be to buy an 'iSlate' if-and-when it becomes...
Report: One-fifth of smart phone buyers want Android
Filed under: Apple Corporate, Hardware, Multimedia, Portables, Apple Financial, iPhone
Those incessant Droid ads are working, as consumer interest is climbing.Last December, ChangeWave Research conducted a study to determine what kinds of smartphones shoppers...
Brief: Android closing in on iPhone in user interest, satisfaction
The iPhone continues to lead in user interest surveys, but Android is closing in fast. New data from research firm ChangeWave shows that users are definitely interested in Google's mobile OS, with a massive jump in the number of potential buyers eyeing Android-capable phones in its latest survey.
ChangeWave queried 4,068 current...
Android cuts into iPhone's mindshare
Interest in buying Google-powered smartphones soared in the latest ChangeWave survey
Take this with a grain of salt, because it's a survey of early adopters who were already planning to buy a smartphone. But when they were asked what kind of device they hoped to purchase in the next 90 days, 21% said they wanted one...
Report: Windows 7 hasn't hurt the Mac
A survey of corporate purchasing post-Windows 7 shows an uptick in Apple sales
At the end of ChangeWave's November survey of corporate IT spending — one that reports the strongest growth rate in two years — is the fever chart at right.
Under the heading "Apple Corporate Mac Sales Set for New Highs," Andy Golub and...
iPhone in "striking distance" of BlackBerry
Apple gains, RIM drifts, Palm holds steady in the latest ChangeWave survey
Research in Motion's (RIMM) BlackBerry, with a 40% share, is still the most popular smartphone among the 4,255 owners who responded to a ChangeWave survey in September. But Apple's (AAPL) iPhone is gaining fast, according to research director Paul Carton.
"Apple (30%) has seen a...
Apple's tablet stoppeth one of five
Coleridge's Ancient Mariner had nothing on Apple's (AAPL) much-rumored tablet.
Without even a prototype — like Microsoft's (MSFT) — to look at, 21% of 3,100 respondents in a RBC Capital/ChangeWave survey said they'd be interested in buying an Apple tablet computer in the $500 to $700 price range. That's better than the 9% who said they...
Return rates: Palm Pre 11%. Apple iPhone 3GS 7%.
How often does the Palm (PALM) Pre break down and have to be returned and exchanged for a new one?
That question came up a few weeks after the Pre's June 6 launch when Jesup and Lamont analyst Kevin Dede, citing a decidedly unscientific online survey, reported that the Pre's return rate was a shocking 40%.
Pre...
ChangeWave survey shows a bump for business Mac purchase plans
Keeping an eye out to the we-think-we-hope imminent economic recovery in the US, survey purveyor ChangeWave is seeing a bit of an bump in anticipated overall corporate PC purchases; in particular, the Mac-buying numbers are up. This month, 9% of responders say they expect their...
