TMI: 35% of Tablet Owners Use Them in the Bathroom

Work-life balance be damned.

This does raise questions as to what tablet owners are doing with them in there - and why - but we wont go there. JL

Todd Wasserman reports in Mashable:

Tablet owners love the devices so much that they’re taking them everywhere — even the bathroom — according to a new study.

Staples Advantage, Staples’ business-to-business unit, polled 200 tablet owners from companies of various sizes and across multiple industries in June. The survey found 35% of tablet owners use the device in the loo. The respondents also admit to taking their tablets to restaurants (30%), on vacation (60%) and using them in bed (78%).
Eighty percent of those polled also said they see tablets as a means to help them achieve an improved work/life balance. Some 60% say they get more work done using a tablet. Communication is also a strong motivator to buy the devices; 40% say they bought one to stay connected with colleagues and clients and 75% use the tablets to check email.

While tablets are no doubt impinging on consumers’ home lives like never before, the 35% figure for tablet bathroom use may actually be lower than some would suspect. A 2008 survey from AOL Mail found 59% of people check their email from the bathroom.