Recently there has been a spate of interest in how to find feasible applications for mobile devices. Compared to the great expectations in mobile applications that were created by visionary masterminds, the actual acceptance rates of users both in commercial and private sectors lagged far behind. This is especially true for Europe, whereas in other countries, such as Japan, companies like DoCoMo 1 literally created their own demand. This paper suggests that, instead of pursuing a supply-oriented strategy, it would be better to look at the actual demands of potential users and develop products which would meet their needs. In doing so we concentrated on a specialized sector of the economy, I.e. The agricultural sector, and analyzed the needs of farmers and their willingness to adopt new technologies. A statistical analysis helped us to evaluate our findings and served as the basis for the creation of a set of possible applications that could help farmers to carry out their work more effectively and efficiently.
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