An overwhelming percentage of mobile messaging users admit to engaging in inappropriate or even dangerous behavior to access and respond to email during off hours according to a new consumer study conducted by Osterman Research and commissioned by software firm Neverfail. The study found that 94 percent of respondents use their phones to send email or text messages during worknights or on weekends, and nearly 96 percent never leave their phones at home, even on vacation.
Mobile email addiction has driven 79 percent of respondents to send messages from their phones while in the bathroom--another 71 percent admitted to texting behind the wheel of a moving automobile, and 41 percent said they've texted on commercial flights while the plane was in mid-air. Most appalling, 11 percent of respondents said they've sent mobile email while engaged in, um, "intimate behavior."
Seriously--what the hell is wrong with people?
For more on the Osterman study:
- read this release [1]
Related articles:
Forecast: SMS to continue driving messaging [2] revenues
Survey: Texting [3] remains top consumer draw
Links:
[1] http://www.fiercewireless.com/press-releases/neverfail-issues-mobile-messaging-trends-report-pressure-be-available-24x7-creates-em
[2] http://www.fiercemobilecontent.com/story/forecast-sms-continue-driving-messaging-revenues/2008-07-24
[3] http://www.fiercemobilecontent.com/story/survey-texting-remains-top-consumer-draw/2008-07-02