News Release from: Parks Associates
Edited by the Electronicstalk Editorial Team on 23 December 2005
Report profiles consumer technology adoption
Taiwan and South Korea lead the world in the adoption of consumer technologies, according to a new international study.
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Taiwan and South Korea lead the world in the adoption of consumer technologies, according to 'Global digital living (GDL)', a new international study from Parks Associates. GDL surveyed over 10,000 households in 13 countries and ranked nations according to their proclivity to adopt and use MP3 players, video-on-demand, home networks, computers, online services and similar advanced technologies. The USA proved the most receptive to TV-related technologies (such as DVRs and digital cable) but fell behind Taiwan and Korea in the adoption of computer-related technologies.
European countries generally placed behind North America and developed Asian countries like Japan in the adoption of all categories surveyed.
'Each nation has particular strengths and weaknesses in terms of technology adoption', said John Barrett, Director of Research at Parks Associates.
'Canada, for instance, is a very impressive market for home networking while Japan is the undisputed champion for mobile phones, with over one-half of all Japanese households using mobile phone features like e-mail or photo messaging every month'.
'Of course long commute times in Japan encourage the use of mobile phone entertainment features'.
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