Other readers were eager to be early adopters, seeing wi-fi as an opportunity for entertainment.
Techs are the early adopters who want the latest and greatest in vehicle technology.
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And as most early adopters of HDTV have learned, nothing about it comes cheap.
Many Boomers have the purchasing power and become enthusiastic early adopters who help lead the way.
This industry is ripe for change, and early adopters will have a clear advantage.
People with disabilities are creative problem-solvers and technology adopters with fresh perspectives that organisations need.
"We have a pretty incredible track record, " helping PetFinder.com find adopters for the puppies, Toporoff said.
Although most people aren't hard to please, some (early adopters) demand high picture quality.
Handset manufacturers continue to see sports fans as the early adopters of mobile TV.
More recent adopters also have maintained their edge, measured by exports as percentage of GDP.
Educational institutions are often early adopters and architects as well as primary beneficiaries of technological innovation.
The early adopters were not the people in the glass houses, the data center managers.
In fact, I was among the early adopters when personal shredders first hit the market.
As the examples suggest, banks and other financial firms have again been the early adopters.
According to Ann Bell from Adoption UK there is an "extreme shortage" of adopters in Wales.
Accordingly, Android still ruled the roost at 52.5 percent, while 34.3 percent were iPhone adopters.
They can then counsel adopters about behavior and other traits that might be overlooked.
That's so the companies can concentrate advertising efforts targeting the tech-savvy early adopters there.
Everything works, the infrastructure is in place, and the early adopters are suitably intrigued.
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Those people are going to be the most reliable immediate adopters of new technology.
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Cures for cancer notwithstanding, early adopters of new products and practices tend to be younger.
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It reminds me of when some TV stations experimented with HD TV, while others were slow adopters.
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At the time of initiation, household solar was an expensive novelty limited to a few early adopters.
It later moved on to an email app called Mailbox, that has become popular among early adopters.
In Deloitte's survey, those who were inclined to buy tended to be early adopters of new technologies.
These individuals were our first adopters and continue to form a large segment of our customer base.
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Those early adopters who have invested in 3D TVs will finally get some movies worthy of the technology.
Early adopters are used to constantly signing up for new services that close months or a year later.
But beyond a set of enthusiastic early adopters, the use of technology in formal education remained largely stalled.
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