Slave to mobile phone?

Just read about Singaporean "Passion" for the mobile phone. I was surprised to see the figures.


Life on the line...

1. 60% say they use their phones while sitting in the toilet


2. 23% can't live without their phones for even one day


3. 28% have sent SMS or talked while driving


4. Users have send out an average of 389 text messages a month


5. 56% use their mobile phone to flirt


6. 18% have broken up a relationship via text message


7. 93% talk on their mobile phones or send text messages during a meal


8. Top five things Singaporeans use their mobile phones for: Send text messages, make calls, as an alarm clock, organise their days, take photo


9. 59% use their mobile phones during a meeting


10. 31 % think that losing their mobile phone is more inconvenient than losing their ICs, house kets, wallets, credit cards, or PDAs

I think I only belong to point 4 and 10. Because I do usually sms my friends to ask them out. If you lose your mobile phone, means you are losing all your contacts, it will be difficult to get back all the contacts you have.

On point 8, quite surprise Singaporean don't use mobile phone to set alarm clock more than they make phone call.

Mobile phone is just a "machine" for us, but now we are becoming SLAVE to the mobile phone?