Who do these companies interview when they conduct these polls? People who hate technology? Talk about skewed results. The reason polls like these always make it sound as if Americans don't want anything is due to the fact they interview the wrong crowd - 1000 or less of the wrong people and then assume that's the way the entire nation feels, which of course, is ridiculous. These people barely even know what DMB, DVB-H, and MediaFlo are, but wouldn't know what to do without it once they had it.
And what technology, when new, hasn't fallen under this category? Every technology, when new, might have some people resisting the idea at first, but once they have it in their hands, they can't live without it. This was the case with radio, TV, phone, satellite radio, satellite/cable TV, cell phone, the internet, etc., etc. That's just the way it is.
Besides, in America, we see people in poorer neighborhoods who can barely pay the bills, with satellite and cable TV. People are addicted to TV and cell phones, so who wouldn't want a marriage of those two technologies?
I've said it many times before to people and I'll say it again: Society is destined to be connected every which way to data and media (internet, email, IM, messaging, TV, radio, voice (which would cover all things video, audio, and communications related)), and to have access to these things at all times, 24/7, everywhere they go, everyplace they're at (whether at home, at work, in the car, or on foot). We're always going to be jacked in and connected. That's the future, and that's the way it's going to be whether certain people resist it or not.
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Of course Americans want it.
Who do these companies interview when they conduct these polls? People who hate technology? Talk about skewed results. The reason polls like these always make it sound as if Americans don't want anything is due to the fact they interview the wrong crowd - 1000 or less of the wrong people and then assume that's the way the entire nation feels, which of course, is ridiculous. These people barely even know what DMB, DVB-H, and MediaFlo are, but wouldn't know what to do without it once they had it.
And what technology, when new, hasn't fallen under this category? Every technology, when new, might have some people resisting the idea at first, but once they have it in their hands, they can't live without it. This was the case with radio, TV, phone, satellite radio, satellite/cable TV, cell phone, the internet, etc., etc. That's just the way it is.
Besides, in America, we see people in poorer neighborhoods who can barely pay the bills, with satellite and cable TV. People are addicted to TV and cell phones, so who wouldn't want a marriage of those two technologies?
I've said it many times before to people and I'll say it again: Society is destined to be connected every which way to data and media (internet, email, IM, messaging, TV, radio, voice (which would cover all things video, audio, and communications related)), and to have access to these things at all times, 24/7, everywhere they go, everyplace they're at (whether at home, at work, in the car, or on foot). We're always going to be jacked in and connected. That's the future, and that's the way it's going to be whether certain people resist it or not.