The Expectation of Connectivity
Thu, 08/20/2009 - 20:51 — gfox
The iPhone was certainly a game changer in the cell phone industry. I don't even have one, yet I can feel the effects.
When I know someone has an iPhone, I immediately expect that they are going to be more connected and hence more apt to respond to email.
I recognize that this is an unreasonable expectation, but it is still true. I know I would have to set boundaries on when and where I managed email if I had an iPhone. I am sure that other people who are iPhone owners must do that as well.
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Not sure I agree with you
Why would you assume that? Anyone with a cell phone has a number and can be txt'ed, so why would you assume that they would be more responsive just because of email?
Disagree all you like, I was
Disagree all you like, I was merely trying to point out a bad assumption I had made, and I never said it was a rational assumption.
I have read about many people who, after getting an iPhone, no longer have boundaries for checking email. During dinner, while watching TV, while in the bathroom, while playing with their kids, etc. Always-on meant they always read. I've texted people less than 10 times in my life, yet email that much daily. I've always found texting to be cumbersome and difficult, which should be attributed to the cell phones I have chosen to buy, not to the technology.
Still, when I get biased with stories and blog posts about iPhone owners always reading and responding to email, it's easy for me to make the leap and assume they all do that.