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Executives Stress Positive Side of BlackBerry Addiction

6:30 am on September 15, 2006 | Category: Business, Cell Phones, Mobile Devices, PDAs

Wireless voice and email devices such as the RIM BlackBerry are known to be highly addictive, but many business executives insist that this addiction to mobility is ultimately a positive thing.

A recent study by executive recruitment firm, Korn/Ferry International (KFY), discovered that 80% of business executives worldwide are constantly connected to work through a laptop, cell phone, PDA, or other mobile device.

Over a third of the 2,300 executives surveyed admitted that they spend â€œtoo muchâ€ time using their wireless communication devices, but 77% said that the devices primarily served to better balance work with their personal lives.

Professional spokesman, Jim Craig, who participated in the survey, says that his BlackBerry has made a significant, and mostly positive, difference in his life.

“It has helped me manage things without being the office all the time. I travel a lot, to South America, and I can use it there, in the street, or in New York,” Craig explained. “It has also made me much more efficient.”

“Addicted? Some people have said that I am. It really is a part of my life now,” he went on to comment.

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