Apple Soliciting Customer Feedback With New 'Pulse' Program

[lifeinhd]

why be excited about these is correct...they are consuming your time to answer questions with no compensation...

...says the man who's complaining about the lack of excitement without compensation

And it isn't like you, or I, or really anyone here is actually being helpful about anything either. At least the Apple survey helps Apple (provides better products) and yourself (gets better products).

 

[Dr McKay]

But why do that when they would have to pay royalty to Sony for every Mac sold? And why do that when the cost of a Superdrive is so much less then a cost of a Blu-Ray drive? You wanna know why... Margins... Greed... If Apple had to shell out $50 more dollars for every Mac sold for a Blu-Ray drive, they would have to eat the cost... They couldn't pass it on to the consumer because their prices are already so high to begin with, although I'm sure if they did it in a BTO option many people would opt to pay the extra $$ to get Bluray.

Im sorry but the price Apple probably charge for the Superdrive, is most likely more than the cost of making a Blu-Ray Drive.

 

[arn]

I cant believe we arent getting an update on this from Arn. Did the Apple press just lure thousands into getting their Apple ID's phished?

What kind of update? It's run by a marketing firm based in SF.

arn

 

[Joshwawilson]

It's your standard survey questions detailing your past purchases and likes/dislikes. There is at least a section for comments about what we would like to see. I asked for more AirPlay integration and display mirroring over ATV.

I asked for the same thing

 

[MacTheSpoon]

Wow, that's weird. One thing I thought that made Apple unique was that they did not rely on focus groups. Or customer surveys like this.

 

[Geoff.]

This website is FAKE. Please do not log into it.

It also has security issues and I'm not surprised if the site get's hacked soon, see here https://www.applecustomerpulse.com/eval.asp?PID=11&q=forgot&ERR=Geoff%20from%20Macrumors%20was%20here.%20This%20site%20is%20fake

 

[k1121j]

It's GOne

This website is FAKE. Please do not log into it.

It also has security issues and I'm not surprised if the site get's hacked soon, see here https://www.applecustomerpulse.com/eval.asp?PID=11&q=forgot&ERR=Geoff%20from%20Macrumors%20was%20here.%20This%20site%20is%20fake

The website is now gone nothing there but a blank page?????? Fishy

 

[ssanders79]

When i originally replied in post #33 I did not look closely at the URL in post #1. The feedback site I was using was https://www.itunespulse.com/ which i still up and running. It is however run by Socratic Technologies, Inc. I've been signed up for well over a year and have never been spammed.

Here is the posted privacy notice...

Your privacy is our priority.
iTunes Pulse and all associated surveys are being managed and conducted by Socratic Technologies, an independent marketing research agency specializing in Web-based research for the high-technology industry.

All surveys are being conducted for market research purposes only. No one will ever try to sell you anything as a result of your membership in the panel or as a result of your participation in one of our surveys. We value your participation, and we are simply interested in hearing your opinions.

We guarantee that:

None of your personal information will ever be released to anyone without your explicit permission.
Your answers will be kept strictly confidential.
Your answers will be combined with hundreds of other participants' answers and only reported in aggregate.

Please review the full Privacy Policy for more detailed information.

Apple's Privacy
iTunes would like to ask that you please keep anything you read or experience as a participant in iTunes research private and confidential and that you do not discuss this exclusive relationship with people who are not iTunes Pulse members. Again, iTunes appreciates your privacy compliance.

Interactive Marketing Research Organization (IMRO)
As one of the founding members of the Interactive Marketing Research Organization (IMRO),Socratic Technologies has taken the lead in promoting high ethical standards in marketing research.

IMRO is a worldwide association of researchers dedicated to providing an open forum for the discussion of best practices and ethical approaches to research being conducted via the Internet. For more information, visit the IMRO Web site.

The About Us page shows

About Us
iTunes Pulse and all its associated surveys are hosted and managed by Socratic Technologies, Inc.

Socratic Technologies is a full service agency specializing in interactive marketing research and modeling.

Through the study of global technology markets, Socratic Technologies helps companies develop new products, build market awareness, promote branding, measure customer satisfaction and test product usability. To learn more about Socratic Technologies please visit http://www.sotech.com.