{"id":431619,"date":"2010-03-15T21:43:05","date_gmt":"2010-03-16T01:43:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.androidguys.com\/?p=14085"},"modified":"2010-03-15T21:43:05","modified_gmt":"2010-03-16T01:43:05","slug":"blackberry-users-pine-for-android","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/431619","title":{"rendered":"BlackBerry Users Pine for Android"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"KonaBody\">\n<div class=\"tweetmeme_button\" style=\"float: right; margin-left: 10px;\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"http:\/\/api.tweetmeme.com\/share?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.androidguys.com%2F2010%2F03%2F15%2Fblackberry-users-pine-android%2F\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/api.tweetmeme.com\/imagebutton.gif?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.androidguys.com%2F2010%2F03%2F15%2Fblackberry-users-pine-android%2F&amp;source=AndroidGuys&amp;style=normal&amp;service=bit.ly\" height=\"61\" width=\"50\" \/><br \/>\n\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/div>\n<p class=\"first-child \"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.androidguys.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/crowd_science.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-14088\" title=\"crowd_science\" src=\"http:\/\/www.androidguys.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/crowd_science-300x136.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"136\" \/><\/a>A recent <a href=\"http:\/\/www.crowdscience.com\/\" >Crowd Science<\/a> study indicates that BlackBerry users have wandering eyes and are considering other platforms for their next handset.\u00a0 Roughly 1\/3rd of BlackBerry owners would switch to an Android phone, specifically the Nexus One.\u00a0 According to Crowd Science CEO John Martin, this indicates a restlessness with the current brand and allure of other platforms.\u00a0 On the other hand, Android users are very loyal to their handsets.\u00a0 Roughly 90% of those surveyed planned to stay with green robot-powered phones.<\/p>\n<p>The survey <a href=\"http:\/\/info.crowdscience.com\/l\/1742\/2010-03-14\/13LXT\/1742\/19507\/Android_Study.pdf\" >also found<\/a> (PDF) that Android users tend to be younger and less affluent than iPhone and Blackberry users.\u00a0 We&#8217;ve heard similar things from other reports as well.\u00a0 We say, hook &#8217;em young anyways.\u00a0 With a 90% loyalty rate, that sounds like life long Android owners.\u00a0 For more on the survey, including additional results and the details on how things were conducted, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.crowdscience.com\/blog\/article\/android_battles_iphone\/\" >head to the Crowd Science blog<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h3  class=\"related_post_title\">Might We Suggest&#8230;<\/h3>\n<ul class=\"related_post\">\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.androidguys.com\/2010\/01\/04\/future-smart-phone-buyers-considering-android-over-palm-windows-mobile-and-blackberry\/\" title=\"Future Smart Phone Buyers Considering Android Over Palm, Windows Mobile, and Blackberry\">Future Smart Phone 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