ME 263 Survey

[scuba_sm]

How many portable devices do you carry around on a daily basis?  What are they?

Do you use a holster/clip for your portable electronic device?  How often?

Would you buy a portable charging device that does not require you to plug it into an outlet?

What  if you had to shake or crank it?

Would you be willing to carry the weight of an extra

Comments

[superspryte]

How many portable devices do you carry around on a daily basis? What are they? Do you use a holster/clip for your portable electronic device? How often?
During school? 4 - Cell, iPod, Pocket Dictionary (Japanese), electronic sudoku. Always use a clip for the iPod, nothing else.

Would you buy a portable charging device that does not require you to plug it into an outlet? What if you had to shake or crank it?
Yes. Saves my electrical bill. ^_____^
Sure, I already have a crank-charge flashlight, so why not more?

Would you be willing to carry the weight of an extra textbook if it charged your electronic device? The weight of a Soda? An iPod?
Textbook? No. Soda or iPod? Sure.

How much are you willing to pay for a portable recharging device?
Depending on what it charges. If it's just for these "portable devices," but has a 5--or more--year life, then B ($20-$50). If it can charge bigger things or has something like a 10+ year life, then C ($50-$100).

How many times have you had problems with batteries running low on portable

[darthdingus]

1. Four:
   • Cell phone
     
   • TI-83 Plus
     
   • TI-89 Titanium
     
   • Laptop
   I use a belt holster for the phone, and everything else is in my backpack.
   I carry the phone around all the time, and the backpack every day I have class.
   
2. I certainly would. If I had to shake it or crank it, I would have to consider how much effort would be needed to attain a charge. If just walking with it in my backpack would do it, I would certainly pick it up.
   
3. If it could charge all four devices simultaneously, then a textbook weight would be fine. Otherwise more along the lines of a soda/ipod.
   
4. Depending on how universal it was, d.
   
5. c.
   
6. 2 Durability
   
   5 Size
   
   4 Weight
   
   3 Price
   
   1 Design

[bluefireangel]

I think that I am the wrong person to ask about this, because I'm pretty non-technological. But I did tell you I would fill it out.

1. 2 - Phone, iPod
I don't ever use a holster or clip, just carry them in my purse.

2. Maybe... but I don't think plugging things into an outlet is such a problem. Shaking or cranking would be oksy, as long as it didn't take too much time or effort.

3. A... maybe on the low end of B.

4. B

5. In order: durability, price, size, weight, design.

[astraevirgo]

How many portable devices do you carry around on a daily basis? What are they? These days, just my cell phone. However, I have carried an ipod and a palm pilot in the past.

Do you use a holster/clip for your portable electronic device? How often?
No, never.

Would you buy a portable charging device that does not require you to plug it into an outlet? They always seem so shady to me, like they might damange my device. No.

What if you had to shake or crank it?

Would you be willing to carry the weight of an extra textbook if it charged your electronic device? No

The weight of a Soda? An iPod? Yes and yes

How much are you willing to pay for a portable recharging device?

a. $0-$20 b. $20-$50 c. $50-$100 d. $100-$150

How many times have you had problems with batteries running low on portable electronic devices in the past month?

a. 0-1 b. 2-3 c. 4 or more

[clearmind]

• 5
  1. Motorolla Phone
  2. iPod Nano
  3. Nintendo DS
  4. PowerBook G4