USB is the most popular and most used interface among users on both home and business PCs, while Bluetooth is proving highly popular on cell phones, according to market research firm In-Stat. According to an In-Stat survey of US consumers, both interfaces are well known for multiple uses at home and at work.
For home use, USB flash drives were the most popular USB application, followed by printers and digital still cameras. For Bluetooth, 34 percent of respondents use the interface to connect their mobile phones to home PCs. Mouse/keyboards and PDA/handheld PCs were commonly connected via Bluetooth as well.
Recent research by In-Stat found the following:
- USB is the most-used digital interface in home and work PCs, followed by 1394, Bluetooth, DVI and HDMI.
- Well over half of respondents own a mobile phone with Bluetooth technology; with nearly 60 percent of them using it to connect a Bluetooth headset.
- Over 25 percent of respondents with HDMI ports on their PC said they used HDMI to connect their PC to their Digital television (DTV).
In-Stat
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