http://www.blackberrycool.com/2006/07/04/3-of-canadians-use-blackberrys/ The voice of the BlackBerry community. Sat, 25 May 2013 13:02:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= http://www.blackberrycool.com/2006/07/04/3-of-canadians-use-blackberrys/comment-page-1/#comment-36531 BlackBerry Cool » Are BlackBerrys for men only? Wed, 05 Jul 2006 13:46:32 +0000 http://www.blackberrycool.com/2006/07/04/001961/#comment-36531 [...] Remember the CRTC, the friendly bunch who told us that only 3% of Canadians use a BlackBerry? Well, they have another interesting BlackBerry-related stat for us: around 75% of BlackBerry/PDA users in Canada are men, compared to the near 50/50 split in cell phone users. Why is that? [...]

]]> http://www.blackberrycool.com/2006/07/04/3-of-canadians-use-blackberrys/comment-page-1/#comment-36278 BlackBerry Cool » Canadians probably are Luddites Tue, 04 Jul 2006 13:33:52 +0000 http://www.blackberrycool.com/2006/07/04/001961/#comment-36278 [...] Maybe answering our question for us, global market research company Synovate has released a report on technological adoption and interest, and Canadians are lagging. 52% of Canadians say that they could live without any of their high-tech gadgets, compared to countries like Saudi Arabia (87%), Romania (65%) and India (60%) who state that having the newest technological gadget is important, and 45% of respondents worldwide who say that they could not live without their mobile phones. Robin Brown, Senior Vice President at Synovate Toronto, attributes this to a number of factors. “The older population relative to some of the developing markets surveyed is one. The less significant role that these products play in showing status in Canada is another. We also tend to see later adoption of mobile technology among consumers across North America compared to Europe due to the history of our phone systems.” [...]

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