Turns out our addictions to our smartphones and laptops aren't just affecting our love lives and vacation time.
According to AOL's E-Mail Addiction study for 2007, 40 percent of e-mail users have checked their e-mail in the middle of the night. Which means, people are sleeping with their laptops, smartphones (ie BlackBerries, iPhones and Treos) right at their bed side.
Apparently men are more likely to check their e-mail in the middle of the night, with 44 percent saying they've checked vs. 36 percent of women.
I can't say I've ever woken up to check e-mail on my computer, but whenever I see the red light blinking on my BlackBerry I do reach over and sleepily check my messages. Are you guilty of checking your mail in the night?
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I sleep with my cell phone beside my bed, but i don't use it to check email. i use it as my alarm clock, and also to take phone calls from my boyfriend when he gets off an odd shift at the hospital.
1I used to 12 years ago. I was so hooked into texting and I was single. I would text and text and text until to the wee hrs of the morning. Now, I'm much older ...I put my cellphone in my purse inside my closet
2I'm with Cravingsugar, I use it as my alarm clock and inevitably check it if I get a message in the middle of the night...
3My cellphone sleeps right beside my pillow, along with my glasses.
Mostly because it's my alarm clock, and wakes me up in the morning. If I get a text message at night, I usually ignore it.
4i always sleep with my phone...it is my alarm, and i like to be there when my boyfriend calls to say goodnight...it's usually like right on my face, that's the only way i wake up, hahah!!!
5I sleep with my cellphone on the nightstand beside my bed, its my alarm clock as well... but yes when i hear that lil beep and the lights flashing if I am not totally asleep I occasionaly reach over to check it out
6I use my cellphone as an alarm so I need it close.
7i totaly do! its my alarm clock in the morning, and i get calls at all hours of the night from all of my favorite people spead out across this lovely nation!!!
8I actually sleep directly on top of my phone.
9I only sleep with my cell phone if my son is sleeping at his grandparents' house, which happens once a month (date weekend, baby!). Otherwise, leave me alone, I need my rest!!!
10I sleep with my cell phone, but only because I don't have a home phone. If anything happens and I have it turned off there's no other way to reach me.
11I keep my cell phone next to my bed only because I use it as an alarm clock. Other than that, it's turned down to the lowest volume so I won't even hear a text or call come in.
12yes i do..
13i use to use my phone on my night stand just cause i used it as an alarm clock
14No, I leave it in my purse.
15cellphone on one side of my head, and lately my laptop has been on the other.
16No. Several ppl use it as alarm clock. I prefere my vintage radio clokck
17Yeah its my alarm and sometimes when i cant sleep I go online or check my horoscope on AIM.
18I have my cell phone next to me while am sleeping. But, its switched off. I only switch it on when I want to check what is the time, or when I finally up.
19I sleep with my cell phone beside my bed. I use it as my alarm clock....and to reply back to my friends that sometimes text me at the most ungodly hours.
20I also use mine as my alarm clock, but I put it on vibrate during the night so I don't get woken up by texts in the middle of the night.
21My only complaint with my blackberry is that when I'm half asleep I have to fumble a lot to find the right buttons.
22i only use my phone for the alarm clock function, otherwise, i'm such a heavy sleeper, i don't hear if i get texts or not.
23I like to leave mine next to me in case of emergencies and so it's there when I wake up. I've fallen asleep with my laptop next to me too, but only when I can't sleep and use it to make my eyes tired.
And this may sound like a strange question vienvien, but what's your locale? I imagine somewhere with more advanced technology, because 12 years ago, my family's cell phones barely had a display; much less, text messaging capability.
24Yes, my cell sleeps with me, but for 2 reasons only-1.)I'm paranoid, and want a way to call the cops if there's an emergency or a psycho cuts the phone lines 2).It's got a very loud alarm and wakes me every time
25My cell phone doubles as my alarm too.
26my cellphone is in my bed wiht me, but not for email mostly for time and texts. i have to admit though in the middle of the night, if im laying in bed and about to go to sleep i will get up and check my email just before. but with people i love in different time zones i think im allowed that right =P
27Yeah, I have a second job that I have to get up at 1am for... because I'm paranoid I'll sleep through my alarm, I use my cellphone as a backup alarm.
28Like many others, I use my cell phone as my alarm, so it stays in the bed with me. I usually don't answer phone calls, but I'll read a text in the middle of the night if I hear it, but it won't get answered till the morning.
29I sometimes use it as an alarm, but its vibrations aren't good enough to wake me up immediately, so it's not too often.
I DO sleep with my phone near me (usually skin to phone contact) if I'm expecting a text message from a friend about something important.
30I don't chek my e-mail on the cell phone (it's still too expensive here) but I do sleep with my ibook on the night stand
31guilty...i sleep with my blackberry and my macbook next to my bed...and i check my blackberry every time i wake up...i'm addicted.
32I too sleep with my cell phone, it's on the night stand of course and I use it as an Alarm clock.
33While my husband was deployed to Iraq I did, but he's home now so I figure phone calls can wait 'til morning if I don't hear them.
34I keep my blackberry near for the alarm. So of course if I see that red light blinking in the middle of the night I just have to check it.
35Oh hell to the naw.
36my charger is right next to me by the lamp shade. Guilty as charged
37haydee: LOL
38my cell phone sleeps next to me and yes I am guilty of checking e-mail in the middle of the night. I am a HR manager for a global company so I get e-mails from all of our European offices in the middle of the night. I usually wake up to 30+ e-mails a day.
39don't have one but i have my DS next to my pillow as it is my alarm clock.
40yeah my cell is my alarm
41Yes, i would even tie my celfone with a scrunchie on my hand so i dont worry that it fall off my bed while i was sleeping
42I also just use it as an alarm clock. I'm sure in 10 years I'll have some cute brain tumor because of it. :/
43No, I need uninterrupted sleep.
44I sleep with my cellphone only because I use the alarm to wake me for work. I have it completely switched off so that nobody can text or call me - I am a total grumpy ass when woken!
45nope. no one calls me anyway.
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