I Have An Addiction...

Everynight I fall asleep with my blackberry in my hand. At first I thought it was just me but after researching the matter I discovered it was a worldwide problem. Blackberrys better known as "crakberrys" are becoming a serious issue.
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"For the first six months of his term, Wichita Mayor Carlos Mayans was clean.

Then he became addicted to what he calls the "CrackBerry."

Today, Mayans is just one of several thousand public officials and business leaders who rely on personal digital assistants (PDAs) to stay in touch with their work.

"Wasn't going to get into technology," Mayans says. "I didn't need anything to get addicted to like the BlackBerry. But people said I was crazy. And the first time I was out of the office, I realized how much I could have used one just because of all the calls I received. They are like crack. You get addicted."

The BlackBerry -- a plastic box the size of the palm of your hand with a keyboard that doubles as a telephone and wireless e-mail-oriented computer -- is just one of the "gadgets" keeping businesses and governments connected.

With BlueTooth wireless telephone technology enabling hands-free calling, wireless laptops and the latest in cell phones themselves, it's never been easier for a business person to stay in touch with the office.

Or more difficult to get away from it.

The BlackBerry is the the top-selling PDA, according to local and national industry analysts. But Don Hackett, a time management expert and associate professor of entrepreneurship at Wichita State University, says the market for high-tech business gadgets is "pretty targeted."

"I don't see a lot of them in the middle management classes I teach," Hackett says. "There's about a 5 (percent) to 8 percent core group dedicated to them, but in large part I think they're a portable communications tool related to a certain type of position. It's more for the person who's out and around, and who needs to communicate information back and forth."

But the new technology will grow in popularity as Americans "find that there's just not enough hours in the day to do their work," says John Hawkins, CEO and editorial director of Advisor Magazine in San Diego, Calif., a business technology analyst."