Researchers find we are in bed with our Blackberrys. But is this a good thing?
A study by Dr Kristine Dery at the University of Sydney found that while the device improves efficiency it also leads to very little corporate downtime.
Dery said unlike a laptop, a BlackBerry is seen as accessible and mobile. Therefore, it is more prone to blur the lines between work and play.
While the ability to clear e-mails in a taxi or in a lift helps some executives to "hit the ground running" when they arrived at work, others express resentment at losing valuable reading and thinking space.
Do you own a Blackberry, Palm or similar device? Is the Aussie corporate relationship with these devices akin to signing a Faustian pact? Is Blackberry (et al) really the devil?
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not quite the sceptre of satan, but certainly annoying
grrrrrrrrr its painful enough being reachable on the mobile phone 24/7, now blackberries put us in reach of emails 24/7 as well, god deliver us!! does that mean blackberry users get spam on their little device??
Having said that, if being contactable is an absolute necessity for your job then I can see their place, but hell I say bring back the days when you actually had to enter a house to make a phone call!!
dunno bout the tool of the devil tag though...
Maybe 'tool of the devil' is a little harsh.
I was on the train the other day and the majority of the people I could see had their heads down staring at their phones. I guess most of them were probably typing messages or playing games, but more and more people are showing up with blackberries - scrolling away and getting RSI in their thumbs typing replies.
Eventually people are going to be spending all their time doing work, or chatting to their friends online instead of making them and talking to them in real life (ironically on the same phone they're using to send emails).
No!!
While they can be extremely overused, Blackberry's are a great tool for getting information while mobile. How nice is it to access emails without actually having to be at your computer??
It's all in the attitude of the user.
Is Blackberry the tool of the devil?
I think the much hyped iPhone will be worse