Wednesday, September 17, 2008

Recent survey unveils surprising stat about Blackberry users

Marriage counselors may have a new feud to solve when couples come calling for help - Blackberry battles in the bedroom. Sheraton Hotel's survey  of 6,500 traveling executives revealed that 35% of Blackberry users preferred the device to their spouse.

The survey also revealed:

• 87% of those polled admitted that they bring their blackberry to bed.
• 84% check their emails before they go to sleep
• 80% check their email once they wake up

It can actually ruin relationships, said Dr. Susan Bartell, a psychologist and relationship expert. Bartell said couples should be interfacing more, but with each other.People are so focused on their PDAs, they're not focusing on what might be going wrong in their relationships.

Now, I have three questions about this survey-

• How long will it be until this addiction is given a funny label by the American Psychological Association?
• Why was Sheraton Hotels asking questions that were better suited for a Jerry Springer episode?
• How is Sheraton adjusting their .rooms and services in response to the results?

Perhaps Cialis, Levitra and Viagra will respond by adding a few extra ingredients to their pills tooverride symptoms of BA- Blackberry Addiction. Of course, in a survey such as this, it's impossible to determine the sincerity of each answer, but the mere fact that the figure was higher than 10% is a good indication that mobile devices have significantly altered our daily routines. 

Personally, I think the "survey" was just Sheraton's ploy to  get some free press.

Posted By Matt O'Hern at 09:41 AM
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