How do I reinstall the software on my phone?
You have two choices:
1. Have the software sent directly to your phone by clicking
here.
or
2. Download the software first to your PC to then transfer to your phone.
Why is my member status INACTIVE?
According to our information we have not received data from your mobile phone in at least
the last 10 days and this will place your Incentive Processing on hold until activity is restored.
If you believe that the Smart M:Panel research software is still installed on your phone and
you have not changed phone numbers, you may try the following procedure, which will soft reset
your mobile device:
Step 1: Open Battery Cover
Step 2: Remove Battery
Step 3: Wait 5 - 10 Seconds
Step 4: Replace Battery and Battery Cover
Step 5: Power up the Device.
If you need to reinstall please see "how do I reinstall the software on my phone" above or you
can contact us using the contact us form.
How do I update my contact or demographic information?
Simply click on "update my info" in the "Home" page to submit your changes.
What if I change my phone?
If you change your phone, you can still be a member of the research panel as long as your new phone is on the list of currently supported smartphones. Simply click on "update my phone" in the "My mobile Phone" section of the Home page to submit your changes. You will be walked through a process for resending the software to your new phone.
What if I change my service provider?
If you change your service provider, you can still be a member of the research panel as long as your phone is on the list of currently supported Smartphones. (See What if I change my phone? above.) Simply click on "update my phone info" in the "My Mobile Phone" section of the Home page to submit your changes.
When is the next prize giveaway?
The next prize giveaway details can be found in the "Sweepstakes" section.
What are the terms of my incentives?
Smart M:Panel active members receive $10 and chances to win prizes through the Smart M:Panel sweepstakes.
To become an active member simply sign-up here, download and install the M:Panel software and
keep it running on your phone. To be considered an active member and be eligible for your $10
incentive, the software must check-in with the M:Panel at least 10 days of the month. To ensure
your device checks in with panel at least 10 days of the month you must keep the software
installed on your phone, your phone must be in non-flight mode and operational, and your
phone must be powered on and within an active service area for at least 2 hours of the day.
You can check your active status by logging into your member profile page (www.mobilepanel.com).
Why do I have to install software on my mobile phone?
In order to make the process of collecting your mobile phone usage data simple and highly accurate, M:Metrics has developed proprietary research software that is easy to install on your smartphone. Participation in other types of consumer research among mobile phone users may require participants to complete long surveys or telephone interviews about their preferences, or to share their mobile phone billing statements. However, by installing the Smart M:Panel research software on your phone, you can participate without any inconvenience. And, using the research software, the collection of mobile consumer preferences is both highly accurate and fast, allowing your opinions to be heard quickly by today's mobile services decision makers. Read our Privacy Policy to learn more about how our research software works.
What does your research software do?
The Smart M:Panel meter records and collects information about participants' mobile phone data usage. This may include messaging services, mobile web browsing activity, usage and titles of downloaded applications and files as well as usage of cameras, video streaming and other utilities on the mobile device. The meter may also collect information regarding the web pages you view, the links you access, and usage times for certain device activities (e.g. text messaging, call lengths, and web browsing).
Maintaining our panel members' privacy is our number one priority. Therefore, we do not collect or view the text or other personal content in any of our panel members files including the actual content of text, email or instant messages, image files either downloaded or captured via the camera on a phone, or contact, address book or calendar entries saved on the phone. Please read our Privacy Policy for more information.
What happens to the research data I provide to M:Metrics?
M:Metrics uses the data collected from participants to prepare research reports and studies. We combine the data collected across many individuals and extrapolate these results to all mobile phone users using statistical projection methods. Our customers will use insights from our reports to learn more about consumer preferences and to make better decisions about new product development and marketing.
We never use individual participants' data for any purpose other than our aggregated research reports. We do not sell or transfer any of the personally identifiable information collected from our research participants to any third parties for sales or marketing purposes. All personally identifiable information is stored securely and separately from our research reports to maintain our panel members' privacy. Please read our Privacy Policy for more information.
How did I get an invitation to join your panel?
M:Metrics works with different partner companies to offer research panel membership to smartphone owners. Some of these partner companies maintain panels of consumers who have voluntarily agreed to participate in future research studies and surveys as they become available. Other partner companies maintain websites and services geared toward specific groups of mobile consumers, such as smartphone users, and may offer visitors to their websites an opportunity to voluntarily join the M:Metrics Smart M:Panel. In all cases, our research panel program is completely voluntary. Our research panel members voluntarily join the panel and install our research software. Please read our Privacy Policy for more information.
Why do you need my demographic information?
All of our reports are aggregated across many participating mobile phone consumers. We collect basic demographic information, like age, gender, education level, etc., so that we can describe the type of people who have different preferences and opinions about mobile communications on their smartphones without revealing any personally identifiable information. We also use this demographic information in our statistical projections to all mobile phone users. For example, information collected and aggregated from men age 25-34 in our panel is extrapolated to describe the preferences and opinions of all men age 25-34 in the US mobile phone user population.
Why do you need my contact information?
We occasionally need to contact our panel members either with news and information about their membership or to award participation rewards and incentives. We may occasionally contact panel members about installation of new versions of our software, changes in the Smart Mobile Panel program details, questions about a software installation, or to periodically update demographic profiles. All your contact information is considered strictly confidential and will never be shared with any third party outside M:Metrics for any purpose except as specified and disclosed in our Privacy Policy. Please read our Privacy Policy for more information.
What kind of phone do I need to own to participate in your panel?
Research participants must own an activated smartphone model that is on the list of currently supported mobile phones. A smartphone is a mobile phone which already comes installed with additional applications and functions, such as email, calendar, and games. Smartphones are different from other phones in that they use operating systems such as Windows Mobile, Symbian, or Palm OS, which allow phone owners to install additional software applications on their phones. These software applications are made available by the mobile service provider or by other companies who provide software applications for mobile phones. Please see our list of currently support mobile phones.
Who will have access to my personal information?
Only a limited number of M:Metrics employees have access to our panel members" personally identifiable information. We consider name, address, email address, phone number and any other contact information or communications related to individual panel membership details such as rewards and incentives as personally identifiable information. This information is always stored separately from panel members" demographic profiles and Smartphone usage data so that all research reports are completely anonymous.
Will your research software impact my phone bill?
It depends on the details of your messaging and wireless Internet/data plans. Upon initial
installation, the software will send one SMS text message to the M:Metrics server. Whenever
the software detects that the SIM card on your smartphone has been switched, it will send
an SMS text message to the M:Metrics server. If you are paying for individual text messages,
charges for these will appear on your bill. Additionally, the software initiates wireless
Internet data connections to the M:Metrics server to send the data records it has collected.
The software is optimized to keep these data records as small as possible but, if you have
a wireless Internet plan where you pay for every byte of data sent or received, you will
see these additional charges on your bill. The software will periodically update automatically
to the most recently released version. During the update process a new software version will
be downloaded from the M:Metrics server. Depending on the details of your mobile data plan
you may incur charges related to the download of the newest version. You can log into our
Panel Member Site at any time to see the amount of data that has been sent from your phone.
Go to
http://www.mobilepanel.com and login using the email address and password you provided
when you originally joined the panel. If you can't remember your password, you can request
to have it sent to your email address from the login page. Or, contact our Panel Member
Support Desk via email at
support@mobilepanel.com.
Will your software impact the performance of my phone?
The software is optimized to be as efficient as possible. It is designed to require as little space as possible (See How much space or memory does your software require?) and to use only a minimal amount of your phone's resources. During the normal course of operation, you should not detect any change in performance. Our Panel Member Support Desk will promptly address any technical questions or concerns you may have while participating in the Smart M:Panel.
How much space or memory does your software require?
The memory requirement for the phone will vary depending on the phone model and version of the software. Generally, however, it requires less than 100KB of memory to store the research software and 128KB to store the collected data before it is encrypted and securely sent to the M:Metrics servers.
How do I know if your software is working?
The software has no user interface that is visible on your smartphone. However, you can run one of the available third-party process monitoring tools on your smartphone to see if our program "monitor.exe" is running, or you can check our secure Panel Member Site to see if our server has registered any recent activity from your phone. (See How do I update my contact or demographic information?) Or, you can email the Panel Member Support Desk with any questions or concerns at support@mobilepanel.com.
How does your software send information back to M:Metrics?
Our software establishes an http data connection to send compressed usage information to our server. All communications happen in the background without interfering with the usage of your smartphone. The research software establishes communication with the M:Metrics server at specific intervals or when its local data storage has become too full. It has safeguards to prevent it from connecting too often or allowing its local data storage to grow beyond set limits.
Does your software monitor my phone calls?
No, our research software does not monitor your phone calls, nor does it record the phone numbers that you call or that call your phone. We never record or monitor your private conversations or voice mail messages.
How do I quit the panel?
Our research program is entirely voluntary. Panel members may quit their membership at any time by uninstalling the research software or by contacting the Panel Member Support Desk at support@mobilepanel.com for assistance. See de-installation instructions at "How do I uninstall your research software from my phone?"
How do I uninstall your research software from my phone?
For Windows Mobile users: Using your Start menu, first select Settings, then select Remove Programs. Find "MMetrics Meter", and select "Remove" from the menu.
For Symbian Series 60: Go to App Manager. Find "MMetrics Meter" and select "Remove"
If you need assistance, please contact the Panel Member Support Desk at support@mobilepanel.com.
List of supported devices
| | | | |
| Amoi | E70 | Amoi | E72 |
| Amoi | E75 | Amoi | E76 |
| Amoi | E78 | Amoi | E800 |
| Amoi | E830 | Amoi | E850 |
| Amoi | E860 | Amoi | E870 |
| Amoi | n800 | Amoi | n810 |
| AnexTek | 3360 | Asus | P305 |
| Asus | P505 | Asus | P525 |
| Asus | P526 | Asus | P535 |
| Asus | P735 | Asus | P750 |
| Asus | V90 | AT&T | TILT |
| Audiovox | PPC 5050 | Audiovox | PPC-4100 |
| Audiovox | PPC-6600 | Audiovox | PPC-6601 |
| Audiovox | SMT5600 | Audiovox | Thera |
| Audiovox | XV6600 | Audiovox | XV6600-- |
| BenQ-Siemens | E72 | BenQ-Siemens | P50 |
| BenQ-Siemens | T80 | Cingular | 2125 |
| Cingular | 3125 | Cingular | 8100 Pocket PC |
| Cingular | 8125 Pocket PC | Cingular | 8525 |
| Dopod | P860 | E-Plus | PDA III |
| E-Plus | PDA IV | E-Plus | Pocket PDA |
| Eten | G500 | Eten | Glofiish M700 |
| Eten | Glofiish M800 | Eten | Glofiish X500 |
| Eten | Glofiish X600 | Eten | Glofiish X800 |
| Eten | Glowfiish X650 | Eten | M500 |
| Eten | M550 | Eten | M600 |
| Eten | P300 | Eten | P300B |
| Eten | P700 | Grundig | GR980 |
| Hitachi | G1000 | HP | H6365 |
| HP | HW6965 | HP | iPAQ 2210 |
| HP | IPAQ 510 | HP | iPAQ 514 |
| HP | IPAQ 610C | HP | IPAQ 910C |
| HP | iPAQ 914C Business Messenger | HP | IPAQ H6310 |
| HP | iPAQ h6315 | HP | IPAQ H6320 |
| HP | IPAQ H6325 | HP | iPAQ h6340 |
| HP | iPAQ hw6510 | HP | iPAQ hw6515 |
| HP | iPAQ HW6828 | HP | iPAQ hw6910 |
| HP | iPAQ hw6915 | HP | iPAQ hw6920 |
| HP | iPAQ hw6925 | HP | iPAQ hw6945 |
| HP | iPAQ rw6815 | HP | IPAQ RW6818 |
| HP | IPAQ RW6828 | HTC | 5800 Fusion |
| HTC | Advantage x7501 | HTC | Alpine |
| HTC | Amadeus | HTC | Apache |
| HTC | Artemis 100 | HTC | Artemis 110 |
| HTC | Artemis 200 | HTC | Athena 100 |
| HTC | Atlas | HTC | Beetles |
| HTC | Blue Angel | HTC | Breeze 100 |
| HTC | Breeze 160 | HTC | Canary |
| HTC | Cavalier | HTC | Charmer |
| HTC | Cheetah | HTC | Douton |
| HTC | Elf 100 | HTC | Elf 200 |
| HTC | Elfin | HTC | Excalibur 100 |
| HTC | Excalibur 160 | HTC | Excalibur S620 |
| HTC | Falcon | HTC | Faraday |
| HTC | Feeler | HTC | Foreseer 100 |
| HTC | Gemini | HTC | Gene 100 |
| HTC | Harrier | HTC | Herald 100 |
| HTC | Hermes 100 | HTC | Hermes 200 |
| HTC | Himalayas | HTC | Hurricane |
| HTC | Kaiser 100 | HTC | Kaiser 110 |
| HTC | Kaiser 120 | HTC | Kii 100 |
| HTC | Libra 100 | HTC | Love |
| HTC | Magician | HTC | Mogul PPC-6800 |
| HTC | Monet | HTC | MTeoR |
| HTC | Muse | HTC | Nike |
| HTC | Nike 100 | HTC | Nike 200 |
| HTC | P3300 | HTC | P3350 |
| HTC | P3400 | HTC | P3450 Touch |
| HTC | P3450 Touch White | HTC | P3470 Pharos |
| HTC | P3600 | HTC | P3600I |
| HTC | P4000 | HTC | P4300 |
| HTC | p4350 | HTC | p4351 |
| HTC | P5500 Touch Dual | HTC | p6300 |
| HTC | P6500 | HTC | Panda |
| HTC | Polaris | HTC | Polaris 100 |
| HTC | Prophet | HTC | Robbie |
| HTC | S310 Oxygen | HTC | s320 |
| HTC | s411 | HTC | s420 |
| HTC | S621 | HTC | S630 |
| HTC | s640 | HTC | S710 |
| HTC | s720 | HTC | S730 |
| HTC | Sable | HTC | Sonata |
| HTC | Startrek 100 | HTC | Startrek 160 |
| HTC | Tanager | HTC | Titan 100 |
| HTC | Tornado noble | HTC | tornado tempo |
| HTC | Touch | HTC | Touch Cruise |
| HTC | Touch cruise p3650 | HTC | Touch p3050 |
| HTC | Touch p3452 | HTC | Trinity 100 |
| HTC | Typhoon | HTC | TyTN |
| HTC | TyTN II | HTC | Tytn ii p4550 |
| HTC | Tytn p4500 | HTC | Universal |
| HTC | Vox | HTC | Voyager |
| HTC | Wallaby | HTC | Wave |
| HTC | Wizard 100 | HTC | Wizard 110 |
| HTC | Wizard 200 | HTC | x7500 Advantage |
| HTC | Z | i-mate | Jam |
| i-mate | JAM BLACK | i-mate | JAMA |
| i-mate | JAMA 101 | i-mate | JAMin |
| i-mate | jaq3 | i-mate | JAQ4 |
| i-mate | JASJAM | i-mate | JASJAR |
| i-mate | K-JAM | i-mate | PDA2 |
| i-mate | PDA2K | i-mate | PDAL |
| i-mate | POCKET PC | i-mate | SMARTFLIP |
| i-mate | SP3 | i-mate | SP3I |
| i-mate | SP4M | i-mate | SP4m-- |
| i-mate | SP5 | i-mate | SP5m |
| i-mate | SPJAS | i-mate | SPL |
| i-mate | ULTIMATE 5150 | i-mate | ULTIMATE 6150 |
| i-mate | ULTIMATE 7150 | i-mate | ULTIMATE 8150 |
| i-mate | ULTIMATE 8502 | i-mate | ULTIMATE 9150 |
| i-mate | ULTIMATE 9502 | LG | KC1 |
| LG | KC8100 | LG | KS10 Joy |
| LG | KS20 | Lobster | 700 TV |
| Motorola | Q 9c | Motorola | HC700-G |
| Motorola | HC700-L | Motorola | MC35 |
| Motorola | MPX100 | Motorola | MPx200 |
| Motorola | MPx220 | Motorola | Q |
| Motorola | Q-- | Motorola | Q 9h |
| Motorola | Q 9h-- | Motorola | Q 9m |
| Motorola | Q8 | Motorola | Q9 |
| Motorola | Z10 | Nokia | 3230 |
| Nokia | 3250 | Nokia | 3250XM |
| Nokia | 5500 Sport | Nokia | 5500 Sport Grey-Black |
| Nokia | 5700 xpressmusic | Nokia | 5700 xpressmusic Black |
| Nokia | 6110 Navigator | Nokia | 6110 Navigator White |
| Nokia | 6120 Classic | Nokia | 6120 Classic Pink |
| Nokia | 6120 Internet | Nokia | 6121 CLASSIC |
| Nokia | 6260 | Nokia | 6290 |
| Nokia | 6600 | Nokia | 6620 |
| Nokia | 6630 | Nokia | 6670 |
| Nokia | 6680 | Nokia | 6681 |
| Nokia | 6682 | Nokia | 7610 |
| Nokia | 7710 | Nokia | E50 |
| Nokia | E51 | Nokia | E60 |
| Nokia | E61 | Nokia | E61i |
| Nokia | E62 | Nokia | E65 |
| Nokia | E65 Pink | Nokia | E65 Plum |
| Nokia | E65 Red | Nokia | E65 White |
| Nokia | E70 | Nokia | E90 |
| Nokia | N70 | Nokia | N70 Black |
| Nokia | N71 | Nokia | N72 |
| Nokia | N72 Pink | Nokia | N72 Plum |
| Nokia | N72 Red | Nokia | N73 |
| Nokia | N73 Black | Nokia | N73 Blue |
| Nokia | N73 Luna Rossa | Nokia | N73IE |
| Nokia | N75 | Nokia | n76 |
| Nokia | N76 Black | Nokia | N76 Red |
| Nokia | N77 | Nokia | N80 |
| Nokia | N80 Black | Nokia | N81 |
| Nokia | N81 8GB Black | Nokia | N82 |
| Nokia | N83 | Nokia | N90 |
| Nokia | N91 | Nokia | N92 |
| Nokia | N93 | Nokia | N93i |
| Nokia | n95 | Nokia | N95 8GB |
| Nokia | N95 Plum | O2 | FLAME |
| O2 | HELEN | O2 | XDA |
| O2 | XDA ARGON | O2 | XDA Atom Exec |
| O2 | XDA Atom Life | O2 | XDA Atom Pure |
| O2 | xda comet | O2 | XDA Cosmo |
| O2 | XDA Denim | O2 | XDA Exec |
| O2 | XDA Graphite | O2 | XDA II |
| O2 | XDA II Mini | O2 | XDA IIi |
| O2 | XDA IIs | O2 | XDA iQ |
| O2 | XDA Mini | O2 | XDA Mini Pro |
| O2 | XDA Mini S | O2 | XDA Neo |
| O2 | XDA Nova | O2 | XDA Orbit |
| O2 | XDA Orbit 2 | O2 | XDA Orbit II |
| O2 | XDA Orion | O2 | XDA Phone |
| O2 | XDA SP | O2 | XDA STAR |
| O2 | XDA Stealth | O2 | XDA Stellar |
| O2 | XDA Terra | O2 | XDA Trion |
| O2 | XDA Zinc | O2 | Xphone |
| O2 | Xphone II | O2 | Xphone IIm |
| Orange | SPV | Orange | SPV C100 |
| Orange | SPV C200 | Orange | SPV C500 |
| Orange | SPV C550 | Orange | SPV C600 |
| Orange | SPV C700 | Orange | SPV E100 |
| Orange | SPV E200 | Orange | SPV E600 |
| Orange | SPV E610 | Orange | SPV E650 |
| Orange | SPV F600 | Orange | SPV M1000 |
| Orange | SPV M1500 | Orange | SPV M2000 |
| Orange | SPV M2500 | Orange | SPV M3000 |
| Orange | SPV M3100 | Orange | SPV M500 |
| Orange | SPV M5000 | Orange | SPV M600 |
| Orange | SPV M650 | Orange | SPV M700 |
| Orange | SPV2 | Palm | Centro 685 White |
| Palm | Centro Black | Palm | Centro Pink |
| Palm | Centro Red | Palm | Treo 500 |
| Palm | Treo 500V Black | Palm | Treo 500V White |
| Palm | Treo 600 | Palm | Treo 650 |
| Palm | Treo 680 | Palm | Treo 680 Copper |
| Palm | Treo 680 Red | Palm | Treo 700p |
| Palm | Treo 700p (without camera) | Palm | Treo 700w |
| Palm | Treo 700wx | Palm | Treo 750 |
| Palm | Treo 750v | Palm | Treo 755p |
| Pantech | C810 Duo | Pantech | C810 Duo Red |
| Pantech | PH-S8000T | Pantech | PN-820 |
| Qtek | 2020 | Qtek | 2020i |
| Qtek | 2060 | Qtek | 8010 |
| Qtek | 8020 | Qtek | 8060 |
| Qtek | 8080 | Qtek | 8100 |
| Qtek | 8200 | Qtek | 8300 |
| Qtek | 8310 | Qtek | 8500 |
| Qtek | 8600 | Qtek | 9000 |
| Qtek | 9090 | Qtek | 9100 |
| Qtek | 96 |