Forget the "Crackberry": Stanford students are addicted to their iPhones
Years ago, when the Blackberry started gaining traction among business users, people found themselves using the device so much that the nickname "Crackberry" was invented to describe how addicting the device was. According to a recent survey of 200 Stanford University students, the iPhone is just as addictive as the Blackberry, if not more so. Nearly a third of Stanford students surveyed worried about becoming addicted to their iPhones, while more than a third had heard complaints they were using the devices too much.The survey gives some insight into why students found their iPhones so addicting: 74 percent of students surveyed said they 'felt cool" when they got an iPhone, but more importantly, a quarter of surveyed students said their iPhones felt like "an extension of their brain or their being."
I can definitely vouch for the addictive nature of the iPhone. I use my iPhone for almost everything these days, and it's fundamentally changed the way I do a lot of things. When I'm out and about and have a question about some bit of trivia, Wikipedia is only a few taps away. When I'm comparison shopping in a store, Amazon's product reviews can tell me in a few seconds whether what I'm looking at is a worthwhile purchase. And I've definitely gotten complaints that I use my iPhone too much from both my wife and a couple of my friends.
Funnily enough, though, the friend who was most apt to complain about my iPhone usage stopped complaining about it altogether once she got an iPhone of her own -- within a few days of using her iPhone, she admitted that she finally understood why I used mine so much.
How about you? Do you find the iPhone as addicting as the Stanford students? Let us know in the poll below or in the comments.
[Via Ars Technica]
| I use it all the time, and I can't live without it! | |
|---|---|
| I use it quite a bit, but I wouldn't say I'm addicted to it | |
| I barely use my iPhone at all, and I could easily do without it | |
| I don't have an iPhone, but I want one | |
| I don't have an iPhone, and I don't want one |
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I say it proud and loud - I LOVE MY iPHONE!!!
People addicted to their Blackberry's are called Crackberry's. So what are people addicted to their iPhone's called?
The OS has drastically improved since 1.x and the applications are very useful. Thats about it!
That OS is the "operating system", I'm referring to OS the "objectum sexuality".
See the link: http://www.objectum-sexuality.org/index.htm
LOL
It's importantly to write well.
It's more importantly to consider the reader.
It's most importantly of all not to use bogus words like 'importantly'.
Are you seriously trying to tell me there's no such word as "importantly"?
My dictionary, my English degree, and my years of writing experience say otherwise.
Man, I just picked myself up off the floor. You actually posted something nice... wow!
March 03 2010 at 6:50 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyWell...Here is my story! I'm in iPhone recovery! I've had several interventions and still I have this addiction. I realized I had a problem when I sent this email to friends:
I [My name] take you iPhone, iPod Touch maybe iPad to be my lawfully wedded device(s), in low and good signal, in and out of sync until your warranty runs out!
See link for relevance: http://www.tuaw.com/2010/02/20/couple-marries-at-5th-avenue-apple-store-on-valentines-day/
So, yes! I do have a problem! Isn't half the battle admitting it? So, while searching Bing on my iPhone for a rehab center I have come to understand!! I don't have a problem!! It is YOU people that don't understand my love for my iPhone! It is YOU people that have made it TABOO to look at or use my iPhone! So, you know what? I'm going to USE my iPhone MORE than ever!!! I'm going to DOWNLOAD more apps! Make more Videos and take loads of photos! I'm going to LOVE MY IPHONE until the day I die! If I'm lucky!! They will bury it with me, fully charged. Can't go to the afterlife without!
Sent from my iPhone of Course!
When people ask me a question and I am in a zero reception area I generally respond 'sorry, my brain's offline at the moment' ask me later!' Says it all really! But as I live in the middle of the French countryside, it's offline quite a bit!!!
March 03 2010 at 3:18 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyHow do I know I'm about to fall sleep? The iPhone falls of my hand. I put her aside and I close my eyes until she wakes when I occasionally fail to wake up on time.
The first thing I should do in the morning is praying but I reach for her and I forget everything! The iPhone is my best friend, my girlfriend, my wife and my god. She tried to be but I won't let her. Please, I ain't that weak! I just can't imagine life without her!
That is sweet I think. But, I think you have less of an addiction and more of OS. Objectum Sexuality. Here is the link to read more about your condition:
http://www.objectum-sexuality.org/index.htm
What you have is more like LUST for your iPhone. Personally, I think it is sick!! But, to each his own right? Yuck!
Good luck!
@ Jordan
Because I'm wealthy. (I'm joking.) I wanted an iPhone for the design, the ease of use, the large screen (I'm 63) and a simple note taking App (WriteRoom).
My iPhone is my only phone, so yeah, obviously I can't live without it. LOL.
March 03 2010 at 12:15 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyI only use it to make or receive calls 3~5 times a day.
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