“Boston start-up uLocate Communications says BlackBerry users are more likely to compare gas prices online than other smart-phone owners. IPhone users, meanwhile, are eight times more likely to search for Starbucks locations than users of other smart phones, according to uLocate,” Woyke reports. “The data stems from uLocate’s location-based services platform, called ‘WHERE.'”
“ULocate says that iPhone and Android users tend to search for Wal-Mart, while BlackBerry and Pre users favor Best Buy, a more expensive store,” Woyke reports. “Dan Gilmartin, uLocate’s vice president of marketing, says the data could point to BlackBerry and Pre users being slightly older than iPhone and Android users.”
MacDailyNews Take: You can also actually find a multitude of iPhone accessories (and even the iPhone itself) in Wal-Mart; not so much (if at all?) for BlackBerry and Pre. Besides a carrier’s shop, Best Buy would be the App-Lacker’s™ best chance to find at least one of their grand total of 3 accessories from which to “choose.”
Woyke continues, “Other findings are more mysterious, like the fact that Android and Pre users search for Pizza Hut when looking for a quick bite to eat, while iPhone and BlackBerry users prefer McDonald’s… The iPhone-McDonald’s bond could be related to the prevalence of wi-fi in McDonald’s restaurants. The same goes for Starbucks. AT&T gives iPhone users free wi-fi access at the coffee chain.”
MacDailyNews Take: So, not really mysterious at all.
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