Windows Phone Thoughts: Your Handheld or Your Health?

"Several doctors say the BlackBerry bears too much blame for techie tendinitis. Most people sending mobile e-mail also type on desktop computers somewhere, sometimes on laptops, too. All that typing - if done improperly - can contribute to repetitive stress injuries. But experts say typing on handheld devices can push latent injuries over the edge and further aggravate them. Users often hold their wrists in awkward positions while hunching over and craning their necks to see the small script."

There's no denying that for the majority of you reading this now, you either own a handheld or have used a handheld before. Granted, we've posted on RSI (repetitive strain/stress injuries) before, but there seem to be more and more articles of it appearing on the internet that it's almost worth another discussion to see what your take on the whole situation is, and whether it's getting better (or worse) for you, especially since mobile devices are increasing in popularity. JS Online talk about a few Blackberry scenarios - users getting aches and pains from all that thumbboard-typing. However, we all know it's not just limited to the simple Blackberry. Quite a few Pocket PCs have thumbboards - some include the HP iPAQ h6310, the i-mate PDA2K, and the BenQ P50. If you continually tap-type using an onscreen-keyboard, then I'm sure a couple of you are also experiencing a bit of RSI. Yet amongst all the aches and pains, this is the price we've had to pay for mobility. So if you suffer from the odd case of RSI from continually using your Pocket PC (or any other handheld for that matter), just what are you doing to combat it? Please pick an appropriate poll option and feel free to leave a comment.

UPDATE: If you have RSI problems, you may want to check out this article that Jason wrote in 2003.