Its been one month since i wrote about 'Global Killer No. 1 - Road Accident - Part II' in this blog. And yet, as expected I am writing this article at the end of the month due to bustle of doing trading stuff. When there are few hours to go before we are going to move to the 'next step' of our lives, i would like to wish 'Happy New Years 2012' to everyone in Batch 13.
First of all, this not a 'Product Placement' and I'm not trying to promote any brand of mobile phone devices. As 2011 winds down, it’s time for us to flashback-ing about what happen in 2011. For me, when it comes to tele-communication, BlackBerry Messenger (BBM) was a major hit of our times. In before, even Malaysia's Government convince their staffs to use BlackBerry in daily communication with their colleague while Petronas have made their move already by giving out for free BlackBerry Smartphones to all of their staffs. The issue is, did the employers take into considerations before promoting or supplying BlackBerry's Smartphones to their employees?
A BlackBerry Smartphones is a instrumentality invented for a particular purpose which enables e-mail, internet surfing, word processing, telephone and text messaging as well as other information services at anywhere and anytime. The use of BlackBerry Smartphones has exploded in recent years for both individual and work use. Because they are a relatively new group of devices there are no major studies assessing the ergonomic characteristics of their use. Despite from their manifest benefits regarding size, portability and multi functionality, they are not without their disadvantages of ergonomic considerations.
The first circumstance is that the thumb is not intentional to be dextrous, and on an average keyboard the use of the thumb is ordinarily limited. The design of the BlackBerry means that most BlackBerry's user use their thumbs to press the button and accumulate repetitive movements are more probably to put strain on the thumb. One of the BlackBerry's coolest feature is BlackBerry Messenger (BBM) would encourage over use, compared with other kind of mobile phones in the current market, as the number of words or that can be send is unlimited due to various telecommunication's company such as Digi from our country that offer lowest internet data plan (BlackBerry Internet Service – BIS) as low as RM15 per month, thus encouraging repetitive movements for longer periods of time.
Applying a device that boosts improper thumb postures and over usage could lead to symptoms of pain and swelling as a result of continual stretching and rubbing of tendons over the thumb joint. It is potentially, over usage could lead to the development of many serious conditions called 'BlackBerry Thumb' such as ‘Trigger Thumb’, ‘DeQuervain’s Tenosynovitis’ and ‘Carpal Tunnel Syndrome’ all of which can be difficult to resolve and increase susceptibility to recurrence.
In conclusion, all BlackBerry's users or who might buy BlackBerry's smartphones should take notes that BlackBerry usage could bring to difficulties with stress, if there is a strong addiction on the device that is related with a failure to manage information, message, time demands and ergonomics factor as well.
So is BlackBerry Thumb likely to be a major issue for companies that provide BlackBerry's Smartphones to their employees?
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ReplyDeleteHahaha,,, shazwan addicted to blackberry... :D
ReplyDelete"trendy" article i would say. good writing. So can REALLY bbm addict suffer Carpal Tunnel Syndrome as we only use our thumbs? Should consider not only ergonomics on Blackberry / other smart phones, but you can mention or look on articles of infrared / wave (cell phone radiation) on health risk. If you pursuit yourself to a degree or upper level, a research can be conducted.
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ReplyDeletehttp://techcrunch.com/2011/11/29/keen-on-how-your-cell-phone-might-be-killing-you-tctv/ --> Might be a good video to watch for everyone
ReplyDeleteAssalamualaikum Madam Shatirah.
ReplyDeleteRegarding on your question, firstly i would like to thank you for spending part of your time in replying this article that i made. Base on your question, first of all, it is highly possible that users of Blackberry hand phones might experience carpal tunnel syndrome (users with heavy use of sms) as it effects the muscle skeletal of the palm. Therefore it would create tension in the median nerve and would cause inflammation to the tissue.
Base on your consideration to look into infrared/wave health risks of cell phones, Nowadays, infrared technology is no longer in use. Even blackberry hand phones does not have any infrared technology installed on them, so therefore, the risks of infrared technology on human risks caused by infrared is vague rather then the effects cause by cell phone radiation.
However, when we talk about cell phone radiation, it is a clear statement or sight that the effects are deeply impact to the user. The amount of people that have brain tumor and brain cancers that are caused by radiation from cell phones is increasing year by year. This is due to their negligence of spending a lot of their time on the phone ( that is near to their head ) to be exposed to the radiation from the cell phone. Users of cell phone should be aware that the higher the technology or functions of a cell phone, the higher the radiation release would happen, therefore creating an accumulated radiation charge to the body.
I would like to consider pursuing my studies in the degree level, but before continuing my studies i would like to embark on my business venture first before pursuing any educational means.
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Wa'alaikumsalam. Hi again! mmm.. your reply is kindly acceptable & reliable. Good job. I agree with your points that the wave produced by phones can increase the risk of getting cancer/tumor and will affect health in such ways involving brains. So, for Safety and Health purposes, would you like to recommend Iphone 4S as they have the reliable helper called SIRI? They are using the mode of cakap-je-tak-payah-type kind of thing. huhu
ReplyDeleteSo..What kind of business would you like to go into?
Hi Mdm Shatirah.. for safety and health purposes, i would like to recommend iPhone 4S that produced by Apple.Its not just 'SIRI' like u said, the function of 'cakap-je-tak-payah-type' :).. something that many of us would not realize that iphone 4S could reduce the exposure to radiation of mobile phone even SIRI would emit radation at all the times. The "raise to talk" feature instantly wakes Siri and requires the proximity sensor to emit infrared radiation at all times. Therefore, I will come out with the next article in a little while...
ReplyDeleteSo regarding on your last question, for your information, currently i'm one of online iPhone dealer, doing it for part time. Hence, i would like to bring in more of them (SIRI) to our country without 'contract' from telco company,yet with an affordable price. Who knows, the price would be just RM999.perhaps..insya allah. :)
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