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Poll: Have you used your smartphone on the toilet?

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By: , IntoMobile
Thursday, April 16th, 2009 at 2:34 PM

Smartphones are becoming more and more integral to daily life. For many, the mobile phone is an intimate connection to the world. Text messages, emails, web surfing – the ways in which we use our smartphones to connect with others and absorb information may even be more personal than a trip to the bathroom. There’s even a small chance you’re reading this on your own “throne.”

Previous studies have shown that smartphone users aren’t afraid to “do the deed” while “taking care of business,” and it seems that Google’s latest Google Apps survey agrees. So, in the spirit of the survey, which found that some 67% of respondents had at least once checked their Gmail inbox while on the toilet, we’re asking our readers: “Have you used your smartphone on the toilet?

About The Author

Will Park

Will hails from The City of Angels - Los Angeles, California. He spends his time playing with his numerous gadgets and looking forward to seeing what future holds for mobile technology. An avid promoter of a fully "digital" life, he promotes the widespread adoption of truly mobile, paper-less living. He dreams of the day when he can go completely digital. No more snail mail, paper receipts, bound books, notepads/spiral notebooks, credit cards, hard currency. He's a digital warrior - fighting for the converged life. He is an idealist and a realist - he has a perfect view of what the world should be but knows that the world is not perfect. Can we ever hope to see Will's dream become reality? We'll see...

  • rodak69

    It’s better than newspapers :P

  • Neville

    Guilty. Even lost the feeling in my legs once… had to sit there are a little long just so I could stand up.