We’ve been running a poll in the forums over the last three of four days and I’ve just brought it out to the front page (top right) for a public airing. (Logged-in members will only see it in the forums to keep things tidier on the front page.)
There’s a lot of overlap in mobile devices so in this poll we’re proposing a scenario where you already have a notebook PC and you’ve got the choice of adding a featurephone, smartphone, UMPC and netbook in different combinations. Which devices would you combine for your ideal mobile device strategy?
Of course, if we had the money, we’d take one of everything and use each device when needed but there’s probably a happy medium somewhere along the line. For example, you could combine a featurephone and netbook or you could replace the netbook with a UMPC or MID.
Basic definitions for the devices are as follows and are based on the mobile market segmentation report and diagram I did a few years ago.
- Featurephone = small/2″ screen/MP3/cam/3G/mini-browser.
- Smartphone = 3″ screen. Slider. 3G. E.g. N95.
- MID = pocketable. 4-5″ screen 3G. Full browser. WVGA. HQ vid. Keyboard. E.g. Gigabyte M528.
- UMPC = 5-7″ Slate/slider. Ghz-class. Windows OS. E.g. Samsung Q1 Ultra.
- Netbook = Low cost, 7-9″ screen. e.g. Eee PC.
The same poll is running in the forum so click through and join in the conversation if you have alternative ideas.
