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Since tier one executives are "required" to be in touch due to the criticality of their professions, no one needs to be on 24/7. It’s humanly impossible. On top of that, it’s utterly annoying. If the person is on call throughout the day, the productivity would surely dip and we would have burnout symptoms as stress builds up.

With that said, innocent people who are experiencing side effects must realize that it’s not Blackberry’s fault that the user is addicted and depicts signs of workaholism all of a sudden. Just because the user can’t control his habit and wants to be on call nearly every waking moment is not the device’s fault. Blackberry was designed to be a productivity tool and it has helped numerous (as the usage trend inclines) users resolve critical matters within minutes because of Blackberry. Not only that, but users now have immediate access to e-mail for sending and receiving quick messages.

As with many devices, there are pros and cons, but excessive Blackberry usage depicts the con in the user, not the tool. It’s unfortunate that a select few users can’t seem to keep their fingers of the device and unnecessarily attend messages when they could be doing something better, but that’s not the case. However, it’s simply not appropriate to blame the device when it’s the user who’s clearly the problem.