Got an anonymous tip in this evening about T-Mobile’s upcoming focus group research on Web ‘n Walk. You’re disqualified from participating if you happen to be a programmer, web designer or anyone in the telecoms industry — however one nimble SMS Text News reader has got in under the radar…
This morning I received an SMS from a company that’s been asked to put together a little roundtable focus group on behalf of T-Mobile and their Web ‘n Walk stuff.
I replied with my name, and received a phone call this afternoon where they gave me some more information and asked me a couple of filter questions.
So here’s what I know.
They’re approaching a small random selection of existing Web ‘n Walk consumers, and paying them 40 quid to to attend the 6-person plus moderator 90-minute session next week. It’s invite-only, and they’re being run over 3 hours on two days, I’m not sure how many people in total that’ll work out to but I’ll report back when I’ve done it 😉
They’re not allowing anyone who is “a programmer”, “a web designer” or works in the Telecomms Industry (I may have lied about my profession…), and the questions asked will be based around what on a day-to-day basis the person uses Web ‘n Walk for.. oh, and I have to bring my phone with me (not sure why).
They also specifically asked if I used Web ‘n Walk to view any “Adult Related Material” e.g. dating sites, chat sites…. thought I’d been rumbled!
🙂 (well.. ya know, the E61 has a reaaaally nice screen)
So, I’ve got quite a lot of questions for this reader. I will be very interested to hear what the other consumers think of the service and how they react to the issues posed. I’m of the opinion that most ‘normal’ people will assume that a Web ‘n Walk style deal is and should be the way mobile data is billed on their handset. Anyone who I speak to that decides to use their phone for more than the odd bit of web access is quickly shocked that their operators are trying to whack’em for £3 a meg.
Our intreprid insider shall be reporting back soon, I hope.