Many of us tech obsessed, gadget oriented, app-using, smart phone addicted individuals breathe, eat and sleep with our favorite devices. Can you imagine what that does to our daily productivity? To most of us that means we can:
- answer emails quicker,
- respond to phone calls and texts faster,
- pay with our smart phones rather than needing our wallets,
- pay our bills
- track our schedule
- take notes
- find where we’re going,
- listen to our music,
- track our fitness routines,
- go shopping on the go
- and/or ask Siri to just do it for us.
But what about when it causes us to sleep less and in turn be less productive the next day?
This infographic on the affects of gadgets on your sleep demonstrated that there are unfortunate consequences…
Are the side effects of less sleep, less in person socializing, and less alertness worth the balance of being more efficient and being more connected? Let me know in the comments below how you feel about your smart phone activity. How many devices do you use in a day? Has it made you less or more productive in your daily life?
Source: http://www.onlinepsychologydegree.net/2012/11/12/sleeping-with-gadgets/
Note: this post was originally written for Socialnomics.
Love your smart phone? Debating a tablet? Gone app crazy? Check out these stats on the mobile market …
1. Smart phones
“Of the world’s 4 billion mobile phones in use, 1.08 billion are smartphones.”
2. Smart phones
Of those, 3.08 billion are SMS enabled.
3. Mobile
One half of searches are done via a mobile device: smartphone,tablet, etc.
4. Mobile
86% use their mobile devices (smartphone/tablet) in conjunction with watching TV. My question, aren’t most of them watching TV on their mobile device too?
5. Mobile Apps
Over 300,00 mobile apps have been developed in three years. Apps have beendownloaded 10.9 billion times. But demand for download mobile apps is expected to peak in 2013.
6. Mobile Web
The number of people accessing the mobile Internet is growing fast and is expected toovertake the PC as the most popular way to get on the Web within five years.
7. Mobile Hours
Average Americans spend 2.7 hours a day “socializing” on a mobile device.
My thought…that’s all?
8. Mobile Use
61% use their mobile devices to play games.
9. Mobile Use
Almost 50% use for social networking. Like it, Share it, Tweet it, + it.
10. Mobile Demographics
Women 35-54 most active in social networking on a mobile device.
11. Mobile Marketing
Search ads and location ads (paid-for positioning on maps and augmented reality apps) will deliver the highest revenue, while video/audio ads will see the fastest growth through 2015.
12. Mobile Search Engine and Advertising
Google’s gross revenue from mobile advertising is over US$1 billion per year.
13. Mobile Marketing
71 percent of smartphone users that see TV, press or online ad, do a mobile search for more information.
14. Mobile Marketing
But 79 percent of large online advertisers still do not have a mobile optimized site.
15. Mobile Apps
One in four mobile apps once downloaded is never used again.
In short, Mobile devices, mobile marketing, and mobile apps are not going away. My advice, get in while it’s hot…!
This post was originally done for Socialnomics.
Sources: http://mobithinking.com http://www.digitalbuzzblog.com/ http://tag.microsoft.com/home.aspx ]]>