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The results are in -
Last month you had the opportunity to participate in my first serious survey - "What Gadgets do you use?" In case you missed out, you can still answer the three questions here and I'll update the results next month. Thanks to everyone who took the time to help out.

And the survey says- Both smartphone and tablet surveys showed Apple with a significant lead and Samsung in second place. Of those with a smartphone almost 70% had an iPhone and 22% had Samsung. 9% had other Android phones and no one reported using Microsoft. About 17% did not have a smartphone.
The primary difference with tablets was that 27% do not have any tablet. Also non-Samsung Android tablets outnumbered Samsung models. Again the Surface and other Microsoft tablets almost failed to register. Of those with a tablet nearly 80% had iPads.

Connected TV - the newest and most fragmented area - showed that 45% did not yet have their TV online. With relatively little promotion in this area it's not surprising that a significant number - 22% - used a connection that came with the TV - little or no decision to make. It's pretty unlikely that the average big box retailer can do a very good job of describing the differences in the computers included in various models. It's mostly just about screen size and price ("oh, this thing has a computer inside?") Major contenders, Google, Apple, Roku, etc. reported very small numbers with no clear leader. It certainly can't be a cost issue since some of these devices are under $50 and many services are free. For most people I believe the idea of connecting TV to the Internet is a big unknown quantity. Responses to the three questions are summarized in the charts below.

Many of you added comments and I thank you for taking the time to do that. While not quite as humorous as the ones for my earlier "What's up with Branson" survey  they were informative.
Only a very small number of smartphone users indicated any real "power" business uses. Most people liked - or couldn't live without - their devices but uses were pretty basic. One person said he/she did "everything" with a smartphone but most used them for email, calendar, texting, weather, navigation, games and web access.

In the case of tablets 23% indicated they used theirs regularly for some or many business functions but again the majority used them for home applications with limited business functionality. PDF scanning and forms editing, note taking, report storage and work related reading were some of the business functions indicated.

Five years into the "tablet revolution" I can only draw one conclusion from this survey  - while tablet sales have cut into laptop sales in recent years, they have not made a major impact on work habits except in the most basic applications. I know that many companies have given them to employees for specific functions - distribution of board documents, sales materials/presentations and field service applications for example.
So, chime in and fill out the survey here if you missed out the last time.