43% of E-Mail Users Sleep With Their Cell Phones

by Joshua Fruhlinger on July 26, 2007 at 04:58 AM

Forget the midnight snacks. It turns out Americans would rather check their e-mail in the middle of the night than do just about anything else. According to AOL's E-Mail Addiction study for 2007, forty percent of e-mail users have checked their e-mail in the middle of the night.

Yes, this means people are sleeping with their Blackberries, iPhones, and Treos. The gender breakdown isn't terribly surprising, either - turns out men are more likely to check their e-mail nocturnally (44% vs. 36%). The stats get even more frightening when you consider self-confessed e-mail addicts: turns out sixty-three percent of them have admitted to checking e-mail in the middle of the night.

And what's up with Houston? Turns out residents of that balmy town are the most likely to have checked their e-mail instead of grabbing a midnight snack, at 47%. Bostonians clearly have something else to do, as only 30% of them are likely to see what's in their inboxes at 2am.

So when you're wondering what your loved one is doing in the middle of the night, look for that tell-tale backlit LED glow. He or she is just reading some spam.

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SethJul 27th 2007 2:09PM

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I remember when pagers first came out hearing the saying, "Only doctors and drug dealers need to be on call." Basically meaning, everyone should get over themselves and realize that making yourself that available is uncalled for. Same goes for emails. It's just people tyring to make themselves feel more "plugged in" and therefore important. The 2007 version of keeping up with the Jones'

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MarieAug 6th 2007 3:23PM

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I don't get up in the middle of the nite to check my e-mail...i think the teens are the ones who are most addicted....i will wake up @ 3am & there is my 13 yr old on the computer...with my space, xanga, etc, teens these days dont know how good they have it!!!

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MarieAug 6th 2007 3:29PM

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No wonder, more spas are adding sleep disorder solutions to their spa menus.
It isn't just e-mails, it is the RSS feeds and the information that keeps you on top of what is going on in your industry, business trends, personal interests. Why spend time reading a newspaper, when you can have the top news sent to you and already screened based on your preferences.
it is the information age. However, when you go to the spa leave your cell phones, computers, e-mails, text messages off and in the locker room, at some point you need to relax, rest, and recuperate. The need is demonstrated wit the new spa services coming up to treat blackberry thumb. http://www.spavelous.com will help you to find the spa that is right for you to repair those tired eyes and fingers.

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BeachbumAug 6th 2007 3:44PM

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Sleeping with your cell phone? You must not have a mate, mate. I think there is a lonliness issue and when you sleep with your phone, you're indeed having a huge sleep-over with all your on-line friends. I like sleeping. I just turn my phone off and turn on the zzzzzz's.

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SANDYAug 6th 2007 4:20PM

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its just another way of communication, i would rather drop an email, than get stuck on the phone for a long lenght of time, and as far as checking emails in the middle of the night, not me....however thats why i left my ex fiance Joe of 8 years, when a man gets up to check emails in the middle of the night, you can bet he is waiting to hear from someone and not looking for a weather report .two years later..i see him checking at un-godly hours, i say to myself...my stomach would be in a knot if i was still there, he is so addicted and the computer hasmade it so much easier for all the cheaters.

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billswife606Aug 6th 2007 6:07PM

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i check mine in the middle of the night but my husband works nights so i stay up at night to sleep with him during the day. it is not like i lay with my computer on just to listen for them. but i do have many accounts. for different reasons.my family gets one address, my friends get another address, i have one for business and have one just for my kids to contact me, and one for my husband to contact me.i also have one in my maiden name for people i went to school with who contact me so they don't have to remember my married name. and my husband has my passwords to all of them

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Lord Plye WoodAug 6th 2007 7:13PM

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Where's San Jose on that chart? After all, it's the capital of Silicon Valley.

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