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October, 31st, 2006 - Spb Software House, Developer of the Year 2006 (Handango), announces the 3rd Annual Spb Pocket PC Survey. Every year it helps to gather and process the information about the current Pocket PC community's status and compare it to the previous survey results.

The first two surveys, conducted in 2004 and 2005, provided priceless information about the whole Pocket PC community and had a great response. This year the survey should show even more quantitative and qualitative changes in the community concerning rapid Pocket PC market growth, which will define the subsequent condition of the branch. According to the figures of the year 2005 the Pocket PC market increased by 75.1% and continues to grow.

All survey participants will get a collection of five excellent ringtones.

The first Survey, conducted in September 2004, provided extensive and priceless information to the whole Pocket PC community and had a great response. The Second Annual Spb Pocket PC Survey helped to compare the two-year results and to draw a conclusion about the Pocket PC market evolution.

The Second Annual Pocket PC Survey conducted in 2005 uncovered the most important changes in the whole Pocket PC community:

• Users have three times more phone editions than a year ago
• HP iPAQ lost almost a half of its market share in connection with the growing number of Dell Axim and phone edition devices
• The average storage card size is 1.16 GB, which is 3.5 times more than a year ago
• 85% users use Pocket PCs to connect to the Internet. It's a more important thing than games now

You can find full comparative results of the Surveys 2004 and 2005 using the following link: http://www.spbsoftwarehouse.com/abou...urvey2005.html

The most interesting question is - what changes are expected this year?

Spb Pocket PC Survey is a part of Spb's good will strategy to contribute to the Pocket PC community. This strategy also involves activities such as organizing the Pocket PC Developer Network website and developing the Spb Benchmark application. Spb Software House is confident that the results of the survey will be both interesting and relevant to the Pocket PC community.

The survey will take place from October 31st to November 14th. This year the survey is available in English, German, French, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Russian, Simplified Chinese and Traditional Chinese languages. You can complete the survey now using the following link:
http://www.spbsoftwarehouse.com/support/survey.php

PDACorps:
"No, it's not Family Fortunes (dire UK game show), it's the results of the SPB Pocket PC Survey. SPB conducted the survey amongst 10,000 Pocket PC users and came out with all sorts of interesting statistics about our usage, buying habits, family members attitudes to our Pocket PC's, etc. It's a pretty extensive list of results, but if you've ever wanted to know the average shoe size of a PPC user, SPB are probably the best people to ask!"
http://www.pdacorps.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=3752

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Kevin1a

first to comment

W007!

facinating, where do i go to take this survey

Kevin1a

um nevermind. I should get a medel for "stupidest aximsiter" It would help if I clicked read more!

Dobermann

Easy enough survey. Didn't need the ringtones that were kindly offered (I resampled a recording of my Dobermann barking while doing protection work and use that as my unique phone ring), but took the survey anyway.

Cheers,
Dobermann

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eagle47

survey was not what I expected, but not too bad.
didn't take long, which is what I like and it is laid out so its easy to do.
which is even better. the ones that are long and difficult to navigate, I'll quit part way through.

Blkngold

Survey did not take long. I look forward to see the results.

Rock25

Nice short to the point survey. Still a big fan of Spb Software. Converting the ringtones to a format I can use on my cell phone now.

FallN

I wish they allowed me to answer more questions about what I do and don't like in PPC/PPC Phones as well as what features I would like to see included in future PPC/PPC Phones... but hey, short and straight to the point. :)

And the ringtones were nice. I have three of them on my device now. :approve:

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HP iPaq hw6945
Dell Axim X30 High
Think Outside Bluetooth Keyboard
Think Outside Bluetooth Mouse
SanDisk 1GB SD Card
SanDisk 256MB SD Card
2 x Dell 950 Battery
SiPix Pocket Printer
2 x Sena Leather Case
Sumdex 4-in-1 Stylus
HP iPaq h6315 (SOLD)
Dell Axim X3i Advance (SOLD)
Dell Foldable Keyboard (SOLD)
RhinoSkin Aluminum Case (SOLD)
Piel Frama Leather Case (SOLD)
Krusell Leather Case (SOLD)
Dell 1800 Battery (SOLD)
Dell Screen Protectors (SOLD)
Boxwave ClearTouch Crystal (DEFECTIVE)

10thelement

Interesting to see a PPC software company post a survey for PPC users with an offer of free ringtones.....

mixed message?

sure I'll take the survey, but not sure what to do with the ringtones on my Axim. Maybe they'll work on my 700w.