Gender does determine what device you use.

[nose-in-a-book]

largest age block of ereader owners is over 55. Among elderly/retired, (an unknown subset of over 55 group) for whom simplicity of use is key, and who comprise largest population of adults who never needed to develop computer skills, surviving elderly females outnumber surviving elderly males. Also note largest age block of tablet owners is 25-34, an age range in which many women are having families. Many are single moms, with less budget for expensive toys, so will stick to computers and smartphone , and even if not single, with less time between family life and working may not feel need to try out latest-greatest iteration of tech. just saying it may be generation-related, time of life/ role-related rather than a function of gender per se.

[Andrew H.]

Originally Posted by nose-in-a-book

largest age block of ereader owners is over 55.

That has recently changed, with the 30-49 group now being the largest group.

http://www.slideshare.net/sumitkroy/...-united-states

For tablets, the largest group is now the 18-29 group.

[GoSharks]

Originally Posted by carpetmojo

Go Sharks, I find your comment lacks a little substance..............

And I always thought the size of the substance didn't matter....

[pholy]

Title: Gender does determine what device you use.
According to this MSNBC.com story, gender has an impact on what device you buy.

Am I the only one who sees some small distinction in meaning between "does determine" and "has an impact"?

And just because there is some (unknown) correlation between gender and purchase choices, the one is not necessarily the cause of the other...


Way too much ado about nothing.

[RolandD]

Might it not be that men are more likely to buy the newest, unproven tech items, whereas women wait until the items have proved themselves on the market place.

Also, I know several couples, where the guy bought a tablet and gave his reader to his wife.

The fact that readers have a couple of years on tablets, makes this study suspect.

[Joseph R]

Originally Posted by taosaur

I have a hybrid ereader/tablet (very likely classed as an ereader for purposes of this poll) and carry it in my murse

My murse (timbuk2 messenger bag, largest size short of a duffel) is larger than the vast majority of purses, but failing that, there are always trucks. I could also carry my tablet over my shoulder, perched atop a sizable stack of two-by-fours

It is not a purse or murse please, it is called a European carry-all

[Dopedangel]

Originally Posted by OtterBooks

I'm a little bored by the gender-preference tech articles. Who cares.

Marketers, Device makers, Accessories seller they all need to know who they should produce stuff for.

[basschick]

i don't carry a purse, and lots of men i know carry backpacks. also most of the people i know with ebook readers are men. i always wonder about these stories... not only about their accuracy, but also why they seem so determined to focus on differences between genders, races, age groups, etc.

[carpetmojo]

[QUOTE=Joseph R;It is not a purse or murse please, it is called a European carry-all[/QUOTE]

Or, as we more butch Europeans like to call it, a manbag ?

Not to be confused with manflu.....

Or manage, mango, or even mandate.

On second thoughts, forget the last, this is a family show......

[taosaur]

I generally call it my "mighty, mighty manbag" or simply my "manhole."

[anamardoll]

In other news, men still make more than women on average, and tablets still cost more than eReaders on average.

But no, it's probably the genitalia that determines device choice.

[GoSharks]

Originally Posted by anamardoll

But no, it's probably the genitalia that determines device choice.

Does the size of the genitalia affect the size of the device (reading!) or are some people just compensating?

[anamardoll]

Originally Posted by GoSharks

Does the size of the genitalia affect the size of the device (reading!) or are some people just compensating?

Well, I have a 7" eReader and my mom has a 5", so I'm clearly Dolly and she's Kiera. If we're going to have Soft Science Surveys treated as serious, we might as well go all out.

[GoSharks]

Originally Posted by anamardoll

Well, I have a 7" eReader and my mom has a 5", so I'm clearly Dolly and she's Kiera. If we're going to have Soft Science Surveys treated as serious, we might as well go all out.

And we haven't even started discussing color preferences yet!

[cfrizz]

Originally Posted by RolandD

Might it not be that men are more likely to buy the newest, unproven tech items, whereas women wait until the items have proved themselves on the market place.

Also, I know several couples, where the guy bought a tablet and gave his reader to his wife.

The fact that readers have a couple of years on tablets, makes this study suspect.

I'd say this is right on the money. Guys just love gadgets, and have no problem throwing money away on new technology if it gives them something new to play with.

Women are usually a bit more practical about these things, and will wait until things settle down a bit.

I only just got an ereader a little over a year and a half ago, since the technology for readers was firmly established and had proven itself stable and reliable.

I do want a tablet and will get one at some point. But I refuse to be these companies guinea pig and test their products for them and pay an exorbitant amount of money to do so to boot.

When they have built a 7-8 inch tablet that I don't have to root, or do any other BS with it, that is stable, runs honeycomb, has all the applications that I will find useful on it then I will buy one at a REASONABLE price.

Until then I'm sitting on the sidelines and watching all the developments.