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200 students surveyed in a Stanford study were found to be “addicted” to their iPhones. “When asked to rank their dependence on the iPhone on a scale of one to five – five being addicted and one being not at all addicted – 10 percent of the students acknowledged full addiction to the device, 34 percent ranked themselves as a four on the scale, and only 6 percent said they weren’t addicted at all.”
The survey also suggests that there are benefits. Over 70 percent of those surveyed said the iPhone made them more organized, with 54 percent said the iPhone made them more productive.
The current survey does not cover attitudes towards other smartphone, where lots of people similarly rely on their Blackberries or Androids or Palm Pres to be organized and functional in today’s always-connected world.
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http://www.crunchgear.com/2010/03/09/panic-study-finds-that-students-are-addicted-to-their-iphones/
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Apple pushed out iPhone OS 3.1.3 as a Software Update via iTunes. To get it, connect your phone and push the “Update button” on the iPhone’s summary tab.
iPhone OS 3.1.3 improves accuracy of reported battery level on iPhone 3GS, resolves issue where 3rd party apps would not launch in some instances and fixes bug that may cause an app to crash when using the Japanese Kana keyboard.
It’s hundredth’s decimal place indicates that this update isn’t that significant and it’s most likely been completed for a while but Apple was holding it until after the iPad announcement.
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Chomp took a big bite out of iTunes app store in its first week, accumulating 110,000 reviews through its iPhone app since launching last Monday. Chomp lets you make simple app recommendations and then studies your tastes to help you find other ones. Chomp makes the review process fairly lightweight — you “like” and “dislike” apps with heart and broken heart icons and you can add tiny 60-character long reviews. For the 111,000 number, Chomp counted the like and dislike votes as reviews, and declined to disclose its actual download numbers.
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