Is the latest Blackberry and other mobile device really helping the mobile business person? Or instead, is it more of a hassle?

NEW YORK - Cellular telephones and wireless BlackBerry email devices may be addictive, but most business executives insist mobile technology has improved the balance between their work and home, a study said today.

The study, by executive recruitment firm Korn/Ferry International, found four out of five executives globally are always connected to work through mobile devices, such as cell phones, PDAs (personal digital assistant), laptops or pagers.

More than one-third of 2300 executives surveyed in 75 countries believed they spent too much time connected to communications devices.

But more than three-quarters, or 77 per cent of respondents, said they believe mobile communication devices primarily enhance their work/life balance rather than impede it…. Source: zherald.co.nz