SF Upcoming PAID study on Digital Devices-December 11-18, 2010

1. SF Upcoming PAID study on Technology

Thank you for taking the time to answer these brief questions. As always, we appreciate your input as a valuable Plaza Research respondent. We have a new study on technology that you may be in interested in.

Please take note that you are ineligible to participate if you have taken part in any research study in the last 6 months.

We are looking for males and females, ages 18-50. This study consists of a 90-minute in-person interview in your home with yourself and three interviewers. If qualified, you will need to complete a 1-2 hour homework assignment prior to the interview. The in-person interview in your home will take place between December 11-21. Those who participate and complete their homeowork assignment will be compensated $200.00.

IF you qualify based on the answers provided in this survey, THEN you will receive a call back. However due to the popularity of our surveys and groups, we can't contact everyone.

Please note that all responses will be returned on a first come, first served basis until the studies are full.

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* 1. What is your gender?

Male

Female

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* 2. Contact Information

Name

Cell Phone

Home Phone

Work Phone

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* 3. Employment Information

Employment status (enter full-time, part-time, non-working, homemaker, f/t student, p/t student, retired)

Job Title

Employer

Industry

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* 4. Which group includes your age?

Under 18

18-25

26-35

35-45

46-50

51 and over

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* 5. What is your EXACT age?

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* 6. Which of the following best describes your annual household income?

Less than $40,000

Between $40,000-$50,000

Between $50,000-$60,000

Between $65,000-$85,000

Greater than $85,000

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* 7. Which of the following best describes your family status?

Single with no children

Single with children under 18 years of age

Couple with no children

Couple with children under 18 years of age

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* 8. What is the highest level of education that you have completed?

Some high school or less

High school graduate

Some college

College graduate

Post-graduate work/degree or above

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* 9. Consider the digital devices you use to help you be productive, entertained and connected with others. These can be things like your mobile phone, television, computer, video game console, mp3 player, DVR, ebook reader, etc. How interested are you in having these devices as part of a system that is able to connect and share information with each other?

Not very interested

Somewhat interested, but I don't want to spend too much time, effort or money to make it happen

Interested

Very interested

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* 10. Do you currently have devices in your home set up as part of a system that is able to connect and share information with each other? E.g. computer connected to TV, computer connected with game console, mobile phone connected with computer, etc.

Yes, I have a couple of devices connected and sharing information with each other

Yes, someone other than me has configured a system that allows several devices to connect and share information with each other

Yes, I have configured my own system that lets several devices connect and share information with each other

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* 11. Which of the following Apple products, if any, do you currently own and use regularly and would be willing to show the interviewer, should you be chosen to participate in this research

Apple TV

Ipad

Ipod

Macbook

Macbook Pro

Macbook Air

Imac

Iphone

Timecapsule

Timemachine

Mobileme

None of these

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* 12. Which of the following Google products or services, if any, do you currently own and use regularly and would be willing to show to our interviewer should you be chosen to participate?

Smartphone with an Android OS

Tablet with an Android OS (e.g. Galaxy Tablet)

Gmail (as your primary internet-based email)

Picasa (as your primary internet-based photo storage/sharing)

Chrome browser (as your primary web browser)

Google docs

Google reader

Google calendar

Google voice

None of these

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* 13. Which of the following digital devices, if any, have you purchased and used regularly in the past 18 months?

Smartphone

HDTV

Desktop or laptop computer

DVR / TiVo

E-book reader –e.g. Kindle, Nook

Tablet computer –e.g. iPad, Galaxy Tablet

Handheld internet –e.g. ipod touch

Handheld video game –e.g. PSP, Nintendo DS

Handheld media player –e.g. ipod, mp3 player, portable DVD

Projector

Video game console system –e.g. X-box, PS3, Wii

Video streaming device -e.g. Apple TV, Roku, Boxee, Google TV

Digital camera or video camera

External hard drive

Blu-Ray DVD player

Slingbox

NAS (network attached storage)

Other

None of these

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* 14. What type of internet connection do you have at home, if any?

None

Dial-up

Broadband or faster

Broadband or faster with a wireless router

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* 15. In addition to making phone calls, what do you typically use your phone for, if anything?

Text or IM

Video phone calls e.g. Skype, Facetime

Take/view/send pictures

Take/view/send video

Watch full length movies or TV shows? e.g. Hulu, Netflix

Listen to music/podcasts

Play games

Access internet / view websites

GPS/Maps

Contact management

Calendar / To-do’s

View documents

Edit documents

To control other devices (like a remote control)

Other

Just make / receive phone calls

Other (please specify):

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* 16. Have you jailbroken, rooted, or otherwise modified the operating system on your Smartphone?

Yes

Prefer not to answer

Other (please specify)

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* 17. Do you regularly use your computer to do any of the following?

Send files or links to be accessed by your smartphone?

Make video phone calls? e.g. Skype

Neither

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* 18. Do you regularly use your TV to do any of the following?

Connect to the internet to watch full length movies or TV shows?

Access apps? (some newer TV’s have apps for CNN, ESPN, WeatherChannel, Facebook)

Connect to the internet to do other things?

None of these

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* 19. How often do you access or send files when you are mobile (not connected to your home or work network)?

Fewer than once a month

1 – 2 times per month

1 – 2 times per week

More than twice a week

Not applicable

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* 20. How often do you share digital files or other digital information (e.g. contacts, calendar, etc.) with others in your household?

Less than once a month

I’m the only one in my household

1 – 2 times per month

1 – 2 times per week

More than twice a week

Not applicable

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* 21. How involved are you in the purchase of your digital devices and services?

I am responsible for the purchase

I give input and influence the purchase but do not make the actual purchase

I am not involved in the purchase

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* 22. The homework assignment may require you to upload pictures or video. Are you able to take pictures or video and upload them to a website?

Yes

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Thank you for participating in our survey. IF you qualify based on the answers provided THEN you will receive a call back. However due to the popularity of our surveys and groups, we can't contact everyone. Please note that all responses will be returned on a first come, first served basis until the studies are full.

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* 1. What is your gender?

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* 2. Contact Information

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* 3. Employment Information

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* 4. Which group includes your age?

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* 5. What is your EXACT age?

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* 6. Which of the following best describes your annual household income?

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* 7. Which of the following best describes your family status?

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* 8. What is the highest level of education that you have completed?

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* 10. Do you currently have devices in your home set up as part of a system that is able to connect and share information with each other? E.g. computer connected to TV, computer connected with game console, mobile phone connected with computer, etc.

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* 11. Which of the following Apple products, if any, do you currently own and use regularly and would be willing to show the interviewer, should you be chosen to participate in this research

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* 12. Which of the following Google products or services, if any, do you currently own and use regularly and would be willing to show to our interviewer should you be chosen to participate?

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* 13. Which of the following digital devices, if any, have you purchased and used regularly in the past 18 months?

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* 14. What type of internet connection do you have at home, if any?

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* 15. In addition to making phone calls, what do you typically use your phone for, if anything?

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* 16. Have you jailbroken, rooted, or otherwise modified the operating system on your Smartphone?

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* 17. Do you regularly use your computer to do any of the following?

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* 18. Do you regularly use your TV to do any of the following?

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* 19. How often do you access or send files when you are mobile (not connected to your home or work network)?

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* 20. How often do you share digital files or other digital information (e.g. contacts, calendar, etc.) with others in your household?

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* 21. How involved are you in the purchase of your digital devices and services?

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* 22. The homework assignment may require you to upload pictures or video. Are you able to take pictures or video and upload them to a website?

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