Global digital living. Taiwan & Korea Lead in the adoption of Consumer Technologies

Parks Associates: Global. U.S. consumers lead the world in consumption of television-related products; Asian consumers lead in computer products.

Taiwan and South Korea lead the world in the adoption of consumer technologies, a new international study from .

GDL surveyed over 10,000 households in 13 countries and ranked nations according to their proclivity to adopt and use MP3 players, video-on-demand (VOD), home networks, computers, online services, and similar advanced technologies. The United States proved the most receptive to TV-related technologies (such as DVRs and digital cable) but fell behind Taiwan and Korea in the adoption of computer-related technologies. Europe countries generally placed behind North America and developed Asian countries like Japan in the adoption of all categories surveyed.

Each nation has particular strengths and weaknesses in terms of technology adoption. Canada, for instance, is a very impressive market for home networking while Japan is the undisputed champion for mobile phones, with over one-half of all Japanese households using mobile phone features like e-mail or photo messaging every month. Of course long commute times in Japan encourage the use of mobile phone entertainment features.”

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