New technology could fuel a portability evolution: report

TORONTO – While media portability itself is not new, technological advancements such as better screens, faster processors and longer battery life could result in a full-fledged “communications evolution”, according to the latest Media Technology Monitor (MTM) report.Based on telephone interviews with a sample of 6,000 Anglophones, (a similar report based on interviews with 6,000 Francophones is also available), the report undertook an “extensive examination of portable media including penetration of audio and video devices, how people use portable technology and who the primary consumers are”, said Michael Abraham, GM of new business development for BBM Analytics, the official marketer of...