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unsure to very important (Appendix A). Similar approach of coding the responses
answers and computing for the percentage in question 6 was used. Data coded from
respondent answers were presented in Table 6 in Appendix E. This data were used to
calculate the total percentage of ratings from respondent on the importance of each
mobile devices used . This data was used to derive the graph depicted in Figure 5:5. The
graph only shows the established mobile technologies that respondents considered very
important.
Table 5:3 Respondents rating of the importance of established mobile technologies
Unsure
Very
Unimportant
Figure 5:5 shows that using voice and general messaging as well as laptops were
considered the most important by the majority of the respondents. Respondents
indicated that connectivity to the internet had become an important aspect, either
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Somewhat
Unimportant
Somewhat
important
Very
Important
Cell Phone – Voice and general
messaging (SMS) 100%
Cell Phone – SMS business
communications and applications 55% 15% 30%
Cell Phone – WAP (web access) 20% 10% 30% 40%
Cell Phone – WAP (back-office
access) 40% 30% 30%
Cell Phone – Blue Tooth 25% 10% 20% 45%
Cell Phone – EDGE 65% 5% 30%
Cell Phone – GPRS 60% 10% 30%
Cell Phone – EDGE/GPRS back-office
access 60% 15% 25%
Cell Phone – 3G 35% 5% 25% 45%
Smartphone – Voice and general
messaging 25% 5% 25% 45%
Smartphone – back-office access 60% 5% 35% 10%
Push e-mail / Blackberry 40% 5% 5% 50%
PDA – calendar / contacts 40% 10% 50%
PDA – e-mail access 35% 10% 5% 50%
PDA/Cell phone voice and general
messaging 45% 10% 15% 30%
PDA/Cell phone – back-office access 60% 5% 10% 25%
Laptop computer 100%
Laptop computer and 3G /wireless
card 10% 90%
Laptop computer and 3G(HSDPA)
card 10% 90%