Sybase Survey Finds That One In Four Americans Likely To Replace Laptop With A Tablet Device For Work Or Personal Use

Approximately One Quarter of Americans would Purchase an Android-based Tablet; Over Half Prefer to Buy a Device at a Lower Cost with an Attached Data Package

DUBLIN, CA - Sybase, Inc., an SAP company (NYSE: SAP) and industry leader in enterprise and mobile software, today released the results of a survey on consumer appetite for tablet PCs, conducted by Zogby International.

Strong desire for Android tablets

* Approximately one in four Americans surveyed (23 percent) would purchase an Android-based tablet. In addition, one in every two Android phone owners showed a preference to purchase a tablet, illustrating that brand loyalty could translate into higher tablet sales.
* Only 13 percent of non-Android phone owners stated intent to purchase an Android tablet, indicating an opportunity for creating awareness and education.
* One in four surveyed stated that they are likely to use a tablet device as a laptop replacement for work or personal use.
* When purchasing a tablet, 56 percent said they would prefer to buy a device at a lower cost with an attached data package versus purchasing a tablet at a higher cost with no contract.

Tablets in the enterprise

* One in four Americans, expect their employer to provide access to tablets in the enterprise.
* Improvements in creativity and innovation was cited as the number one benefit tablets could bring to the workplace (18 percent), closely followed by efficiency, time savings and problem solving (16 percent) and communication, collaboration and productivity (14 percent).

More applications, lower price

* When considering purchasing a tablet, 56 percent of respondents listed more software and applications as an important deciding factor.
* Almost 33 percent of those surveyed stated that having a physical keyboard is a crucial tablet component.
* The highest percentage of respondents preferred a nine to 10 inch screen size for a tablet (50 percent), followed by 12 inches (26 percent), seven inches (21 percent) and five inches (three percent).
* Video conferencing and camera functions for tablets were of limited interest, with only seven percent and four percent of respondents interested in these features, respectively.
* 29 percent of respondents stated that their ideal price for a tablet would be less than $300 USD.

“As users clamor to bring the latest devices into the workplace, enterprises cannot avoid evaluating the business case for tablet and other new device support,” said Willie Jow, vice president mobility, Sybase. “Sybase is focused on continuing to deliver industry-leading enterprise mobility solutions that help transform businesses to better connect with their customers and better enable their employees.”

For graphical representation of the survey findings please, download the PDF.

About the Study
The referenced study was commissioned by Sybase and conducted by Zogby International. The study consists of online surveys of 2,100 adults in the U.S.A sampling of Zogby International’s online panel, which is representative of the adult population of the U.S., was invited to participate from 8/27/10 to 9/14/10. Slight weights were added to region, party, age, race, religion, gender, and education to more accurately reflect the population. The margin of error is +/- 2.2 percentage points. Margins of error are higher in sub-groups. The MOE calculation is for sampling error only.

About Sybase
Sybase, an SAP® company, is an industry leader in delivering enterprise and mobile software to manage, analyze and mobilize information. We are recognized globally as a performance leader, proven in the most data-intensive industries and across all major systems, networks and devices. Our information management, analytics and enterprise mobility solutions have powered the world’s most mission-critical systems in financial services, telecommunications, manufacturing and government. For more information: www.sybase.com. Read Sybase® blogs: blogs.sybase.com. Follow us on Twitter at @Sybase.

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