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35% Use Mobile Apps Before Getting Out of Bed
alphadogg writes "Thirty-five percent of Android and iPhone owners in the US use apps such as Facebook on their smartphone before even getting out of bed, according to a survey conducted by telecommunications equipment vendor Ericsson. The most popular in-bed activity is accessing social networks. Eighteen percent of users log in while they are still in bed, and the most popular application is Facebook, Ericsson wrote."
look at the weather channel widget on my HTC Inspire. took longer when i had an iphone. and watching TV to find out what the weather is going to be is simply too time consuming
Is there an app for that?
When you are sleepy (about to sleep, or just up), doing something non brain intensive like Facebook lets your brain ramp up to the real world with an intermediate step.
For some people its the news, for some its their mail, for some its coffee, and now for some its Facebook
Use in bed:, two words: Vibrator Mode
These are Americans - how many get out of bed during the day at all? Because that could skew things...
...the last thing you're going to do is pause to check who bought a new pig in farmville.
What age bracket did they survey?
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Technically, hitting the snooze or disable button on the alarm on my phone would count, so it's really not all that crazy. While it's in my hand, I usually check for missed calls/messages.
Wise men say, "Forgiveness is divine, but never pay full price for late pizza."
The trick is to keep your electronics just out of reach.
... And your partner within reach... Extra motivation not to get out of bed in the morning...
Jokes aside, it works. Not as well as a proper vibrator, and needs a condom big enough to fit the phone, but it works.
(Glances at Internet.) Everywhere, it seems.
what if my text reads "dude, your doorbell is broken?"
Research shows that couples with a TV in their bedroom have less sex than those without. So good call.
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35% of US smartphone users admit to using apps before even getting out of bed. Doctors advise the other 65% that it is "entirely natural" and "nothing to be ashamed of."
The most popular in-bed activity admitted to is accessing "social networks," as respondents called it, doing air-quotes. The most common complaint is that the screen is too small to display photos properly, and that it does not wipe clean sufficiently well. Many were tempted to buy a tablet next.
Smartphone vendors and app writers have tried to capitalise on the bedroom market. Vibrate mode is particularly popular and is thought to be driving the accessories market for protective silicone cases.
"Social networking" (air-quoted) remains important when people first wake up, since most are alone and will forever stay that way. 20 percent do a last "check-in" (also air-quoted) before going to sleep at night.
Sociologists suggest the bedroom "apping" phenomenon will be self-limiting, given the effects on fertility of carrying a microwave transmitter in your pocket all day right next to your gonads.
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