AdMob Survey Shows 28% of Tablet Owners Consider it their Primary PC
AdMob Survey Shows 28% of Tablet Owners Consider it their Primary PC
Posted 04/10/2011 at 12:38pm
| by Justin Kerr
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Google’s AdMob division collects a ton of data on the general public’s web surfing habits, but recently released statistics on tablet usage might actually surprise you. According to a recent survey more than 28 percent of all respondents said that a tablet is their primary computer. As technology enthusiasts that admission should send chills up your spine on the future of computing in general, and points out just how little of a computer’s full potential is utilized by the vast majority of users.
When asked how most people use their tablets:
- 84 % play games
- 78 % search for information
- 74% email
- 61% read news
- 56% use social networks
- 51% watch videos or listen to music
- 46% read e-books
- 42% shop online
According to the survey the one area where tablets are really lagging is in enterprise adoption, with only 7 percent of respondents reportedly using the devices at work. In fact, 82 percent of all tablets sold are only used at home, but are all used for at least one hour a day. Enterprise adoption is expected to rise exponentially in the coming years, particularly among sales and business professionals who stand to benefit the most from an always-connected dashboard of events.
Do you own a tablet? If so how do these stats align with your personal usage?
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kixofmyg0t
April 11, 2011 at 11:15am
First let me start off by mentioning im typing this on my Motorola Xoom, my "primary PC".
Now with that out of way I must mention that I've been using various forms of computers for over 20 years now(hey thats longer than most of you have been alive!). In my house sits no less than 6 PC's, everything from a pitiful HP mini netbook(which i only bought because i was bored at the time and wanted to screw with something new) to a admittedly older gaming rig i built myself.(waiting for bulldozer before i build another one). My operating systems range from XP Pro to 7 Pro as well as Fedora 13 and Honeycomb.
Now, with all that being said....I use my Xoom more than any other system I have. ZOMG!!!!! NOOOOOOOEEEESSS!!!
Alot of you are probably in a hissy fit right now wondering why I would use a "limited OS" as my "primary" choice.
To make it simple, I simply dont need a full PC 90% of the time. I spend most of my time online and on the go. Im a soldier and my job as a mechanic in the army takes me away from that nice cushy home that most of you have. Lugging around my most used laptop(a AMD powered HP DV7) gets old after a awhile and i just prefer the size and weight and all day and then some of tommorrow battery life of my Xoom. Im not limited by trying to find a wi-fi hotspot or the hassle of tethering my phone to provide internet access for my laptop as my Xoom is always connected. Its way more comfortable to louge around at the house or in my car or on a boat, where ever with my Xoom than it would be a laptop.
So you may say im a "noob' or whatever because I dont need full fledged PC all the time. I find that funny since most of those very people are huge advocates of cloud computing. Im happy with my Xoom. When I need to boot up one of my other rigs I will, til then the Xoom best meets my needs.
d3v
April 10, 2011 at 11:43pm
It's good if the noobs stick to their tablets. If they used an actual PC it would be infested with malware within hours.
Wingzero_x
April 10, 2011 at 4:22pm
Please make publish to facebook opt-in, not opt-out.
Tablets are little more than a glorified dumb terminal. Damn, I remember when just 10% of the people were idiots.
don2041
April 10, 2011 at 3:35pm
People who consider a tablet as their primary pc are not primary pc users . I,m sure that they don.t even use a pc every day ,they text email or chat like most teen agers I know. Also if I am also twist the the words 28% of these users can,t use a pc!
TommM
April 10, 2011 at 4:15pm
"People who consider a tablet as their primary pc are not primary pc users."
Perfectly said.
Danthrax66
April 10, 2011 at 2:11pm
"28% of tablet owners don't use electronics for real work."
FTFY
Dartht33bagger
April 10, 2011 at 1:05pm
I can't believe people would actually use a tablet as their main PC. Tablets limit what you can do so much. Personally, I will never buy a tablet because they seem useless to me. I have my desktop for home use and I have my laptop for on the go use.
CaptainFabulous
April 10, 2011 at 2:34pm
It actually makes perfect sense to me. Just think of how many people out there are using computers from 1998-2005, running Windows 98, Me or XP, that are only used for email and web surfing.
For you and I (and other readers of MPC) the idea is ludicrous. But previously studies have shown the vast majority of computer uses are web browsing and email, both of which are easily done on a tablet.
Neufeldt2002
April 10, 2011 at 2:02pm
Sadly, the type of people that come to MPC are the minority in computer related studies. But we are the ones that everyone turns to when they screw their systems up.
Please make publish to facebook opt-in, not opt-out.
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