The 2009 Convergence Survey, launched this morning, represents a combination of field research and interviews conducted by London-based law firm Olswang LLP and YouGov into the use of computers, smartphones, e-books and other devices by more than 1,500 consumers. The 96-page report covers a wide variety of aspects of access to IP content by four categories of device-user: the vanguard, second-wave purchasers, the mainstream and the laggards, also dividing them by age.Of particular interest to readers of this weblog is the annex, which contains some 172 pages of data derived from the survey, addressing issues such as the extent (if any) to which device users are prepared to contemplate payment for content in terms of existing and future functionality and their attitudes towards micropayments. The difference in spending habits between users of the Apple iPhone and other groups of consumers is quite noticeable. You can access the annex here.
