djohnson@alpha1.intel.COM (Don Johnson) (04/16/91)
Dear Hand-held Computer User,
I am a graduate student working my thesis project. I would be gratefull if
you could take few minutes to respond to my Hand-held computer user
questionaire. I would appreciate your response before friday, April 26, 1991.
Thank you,
Bob Ferrar
Please e-mail responses to:
djohnson@ch3.intel.com
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1. What model of Hand-held computer do you currently
use?_____________
2. Have you used any other models in the past? If so which?
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3. Do you currently use a Personal Computer? (Y/N)_____
4. Do you currently Own it a Personal Computer? Y/N)_____
5. Do you use your Hand-held computer as your; Primary (P),
Secondary (S), or Tertiary (T) computer? (P or S or T) _____
6. In what applications do you use your hand-held?
(1=Never, 2=Rarely, 3=Sometimes, 4=Frequently, 5=Always)
Database(phone/name) 1 2 3 4 5 _____
Calender/Scheduling 1 2 3 4 5 _____
Wordprocessor 1 2 3 4 5 _____
Calculator 1 2 3 4 5 _____
Action minder 1 2 3 4 5 _____
Spreadsheets 1 2 3 4 5 _____
Games 1 2 3 4 5 _____
Other______________ 1 2 3 4 5 _____
Other______________ 1 2 3 4 5 _____
7. Are there any other features that you would want in a hand-held
computer?
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7a. If so, in what applications would you use these features?
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8. What do you like best about your Hand-held computer?
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9. What do you like least about your Hand-held computer?
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10. How Days in a month do you use your hand-held?______
(Assume a 30 day month)
11. When do you most / least use your Hand-held computer?
(1=Never, 2=Rarely, 3=Sometimes, 4=Frequently, 5=Always)
For work when off-site 1 2 3 4 5 _____
For work on site 1 2 3 4 5 _____
For personal use home 1 2 3 4 5 _____
When traveling 1 2 3 4 5 _____
At School 1 2 3 4 5 _____
Other ___________ 1 2 3 4 5 _____
12. What features are of importance to you that influenced you use
a hand-held?
(1=Not important, 5=Very Important)
Size 1 2 3 4 5 _____
Weight 1 2 3 4 5 _____
Ease of accessability 1 2 3 4 5 _____
Cost 1 2 3 4 5 _____
Built-in functions 1 2 3 4 5 _____
Software adaptability/availability 1 2 3 4 5 _____
DOS compatability 1 2 3 4 5 _____
Other____________________ 1 2 3 4 5 _____
Other____________________ 1 2 3 4 5 _____
13. At what price did you consider purchasing a hand-held?
(Place an "X" next to your answer) (Please choose one)
_____ Less than $100
_____ $101 to $200
_____ $201 to $400
_____ $401 to $600
_____ $501 to $750
_____ $$751 to $1000
_____ $1001 to $1500
_____ $1501 to $2000
_____ Greater than $2000
14. Have you (or your company for you) purchased any stand-alone
products in the following list for work or personal use?
(Place an "X" next to the items you have purchased)
_____ Pager
_____ Programmable Calculator
_____ Electronic meeting minder
_____ Cellular phone
_____ Telephone recorder
_____ Electronic Dictionary/Translator
_____ Electronic phone bank
_____ Personal Computer with an Intel 80386 or Intel 80486
_____ Manual day-planner (For example: Day-Timer)
_____ Electronic Software day-planner (For example: Sidekick) kenw@col.hp.com (Ken Wyatt) (04/23/91)
So... Sounds more like a market survey to me. Is Intel planning a new chipset for "palmtops"? What connection do these questions have with your thesis???