Okay, so never mind that the company gathering the information might be gathering it because they want to better target the software that they are producing (and it is very good software, by the way): For the third year, Spb Software House is gathering a ton of information about the Pocket PC Devices we are using - what we like about them, what we dislike, how we use them, and what types of software we have loaded on them.

It’s a multi-page survey which will have you answering more questions than you ever thought might be asked about your PDA usage, but after completing it there is a payoff – two of them in fact. 

The immediate payoff is the set of five free ringers given to each participant; the future payoff will be the published results of the 2006 survey. Judging by the results gathered in previous surveys, I think that the 2006 results will be very enlightening.

If you have some free time, click the link and take the survey. If for no other reason than to fix the skewed demographics! I know there must be more women using Pocket PCs than were indicated…6% in 2004 and 4% in 2005? Are you kidding me?! Ladies, we’re not representin’! Come on!! 

I just took the survey…I hope you’ll take it, too!

More info from the press release is after the jump.

Spb Software House Announces the Third Annual Spb Pocket PC Survey  

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.

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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 by clicking this link.

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 by clicking this link.

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   

** About Spb Software House **

Spb Software House is a software development company, specializing mainly in Windows Mobile software development for Pocket PCs. Founded in 1999, the company offers advanced software solutions for use in a wide range of applications.