Our participants owned and used a variety of devices. The Apple Video iPod was the most common device used in the study, which reflects its relative
popularity in the consumer market. Participants also used Sony Playstation Portable (PSP) devices, video-enabled Archos devices, HP iPAQ handhelds, and video-enabled mobile phones. The goal of our research was to unearth qualitative results from an investigation on how people use mobile video in their everyday lives, not to quantitatively evaluate the experiences of these 28 persons. In the course of interviewing each of the participants about their mobile video experiences, we began to see patterns emerging in terms of their behavior, preferences, and frustrations.
Similar behavior patterns were observed in each country; therefore, we will not compare or contrast results by geography. Here we will discuss these results which we have divided into the categories of media content and mobile device usage.