Raw Data Report: Technology

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Power Adaptors are the Best Selling iGo product, Survey says

Mobility Electronics Inc. (MOBE), the Scottsdale, Arizona-based company that develops universal power adapters for portable computers and mobile electronic devices is seeing big changes this month including a ticker symbol change and news that the company reported a net loss for the first quarter of $235,000 or $0.01 per share. Tickermine consulted various retailers stocking the products including Best Buy (BBY), RadioShack (RSH) and CompUSA.

Our researchers asked; which iGo products do consumers most often purchase? Which of the following power kits is selling the best (LG Chocolate, Blackberry (RIMM), iPhone (AAPL), Motorola Q (MOT), Motorola RAZR, Treo (PALM))? And which of the following product types are people buying the most of (power adapters, cables & parts, accessories)?

23 retail locations were consulted for the poll. Power adapters were cited as the most commonly purchased iGo product, our survey says, (with 13 respondents or 57%). This was followed by Bluetooth wireless keyboards (six respondents or 26%), and notebook accessories as well as cables and parts were cited by two respondents each or by 9% of those polled. The Blackberry is the best selling power kit our poll showed (with mentions by 10 respondents or 43%), followed by the iPhone (five respondents or 22%), as well as the Motorola RAZR. And the LG Chocolate was cited three times or by 13% of those interviewed. Our respondents said that power adapters sold best according to 11 respondents or 48%. Accessories were cited 8 times or by 35% of those interviewed and cables and parts were cited four times or by 17% of respondents.

Discovery Voyager 520 Plantronics' (PLT) Best-Seller

Tickermine recently surveyed a variety of electronics retailers regarding their sales of Plantronics products. Retailers surveyed included Best Buy, Circuit City (CC), and Radio Shack, among others. 80% reported that Bluetooth mobile headsets are the best-selling Plantronics item. 60% reported that the Discovery Voyager 520 is the best-selling headset model. All of the locations surveyed had this model in stock.


Dell (DELL) Laptop Computers Are the Most Favored Brand, Survey Says

Laptop computer sales aren't too hot this quarter, if sales at Best Buy are anything to go by, but not as slow as analysts had expected either. Tickermine surveyed 32 various stores this month including Best Buy, Circuit City, Wal-Mart (WMT) and Radio Shack and asked the following: What, in the respondents view, is the best brand of laptop, which model series does that brand belong to, which brand of microprocessors does this computer have and what is the name of the processor? Dell came in as the most popular laptop computer brand. This was cited by 11 respondents or 34%. Hewlett Packard (HPQ) was next with nine responses or 28% followed by Sony (SNE) (7 or 22%), Toshiba (TOSBF.PK) (4 or 13%) and Acer (1 response or 3%).

Respondents stated Ispiron and Pavillion as the model series (9 responses or 34%). Vaio was also popular with seven responses or 22%, Satellite was cited by 4 respondents or 13% and Aspire, G1s and Presario were cited once each or 3%. The attendants we polled cited only two different brands of microprocessors being used by these laptops: Intel (INTC), cited by 21 respondents or 66% and then AMD was stated 11 times or 34%. And the names of the processors fell under two categories: AMD (AMD) Turions, which were the choice of 13 respondents or 41% and Other, which constituted 19 or 59% of those polled.

Comments

[Brewer]

Why do a survey of stores that only sell a few brands and then present this as information? It's not information so much as it is limited facts. You might as well go to a trailer park or food stamp office and ask people there what laptops they buy or where they shop for diamonds, then declare a result based on that 'survey'.

[billddrummer]

Interesting that CompUSA was included in the survey shortly before all their stores were closed.

This 'survey' is pretty much a waste of resources as far as I'm concerned.