SMS-related injuries becoming more prevalant in the UK

It seems that the British aren't taking full advantage of the handy T9 predictive text entry feature on their phones, as Reuters is reporting that a record 3.8 million Brits suffered from a repetitive stress injury caused by fervent texting in the past year. Furthermore, 38% more people experienced a messaging-related RSI in 2005 than five years earlier, and 10% of the population send up to 100 texts every day. These statistics come from a survey commissioned by Virgin Mobile, who may live to regret it once they get hit with the first wave of SMS injury-related lawsuits. It looks like the souped-up XT9 couldn't have debuted at a better moment in history.

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[(Unverified) Posted Feb 23rd 2006 1:30PM]

That's good I don't SMS anyway!

[(Unverified) Posted Feb 23rd 2006 2:48PM]

Interesting. Must notice that the picture of the X-ray included, belongs to a high energy trauma to the hand, causing a fracture on the middle phalanx, extremely unlike from SMS typing, unless you get very angry and beat up your phone. This is a bit of sensationalism, that can lead to misinformation of the public.

[(Unverified) Posted Feb 23rd 2006 3:27PM]

"10% of the population send up to 100 texts every day"
Up to? I.e. less than. That's very strange wordage.

I doubt 10% of UK texters send over 100 texts a day. I get 500 free texts a month in my contract, which is one of the highest you can get. That's under a fith of the quote.