MarketingVOX: The word “crackberry” may never go out of style. A new survey reveals that Americans are checking email on their mobile devices round the clock.
AOL and Opinion Research Corporation polled 4,025 people 13 and older in 20 cities around the country, according to Brighthand. 15 percent consider themselves “addicted to email.”
The average user checks mobile email around five times a day, while 59 percent check it every time a new message arrives.
Meanwhile, 43 percent keep their mobile device nearby when they are sleeping in case important email arrives.
No place is sacred when checking email: 83 percent check email once a day while on vacation, another 53 percent in the bathroom, and 12 percent read email while in church.
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