IDG Contributor Network: Think you are not addicted to your smartphone? Think again
People all over the country, and in fact all over the entire world, have become addicted to their wireless smartphone, apps and services. And it’s only getting worse with every year that passes. New apps that help us manage, monitor, use and do everything in our lives are popping up every day. We love what this technology can do for us. We write about it and talk about it, but we don’t discuss how addictive these are to us.
We’ve all watched in amazement as the wireless industry has grown and changed, time and time again over the last several decades. During the last decade the industry has become a very different place. Growth has exploded with the Apple iPhone, Google Android and Samsung Galaxy smartphones. Apps have exploded from a few hundred a decade ago, to more than two million today.