The Cyber-Punctuation Police

89% watch their spelling and punctuation when typing emails. Over two-thirds (68%) are irked by misspellings yet 75% excuse the errors when the emails come from a mobile device, like a BlackBerry®.

Cleaning House, er Inbox

24% of email users have either declared “email bankruptcy,” deleting all of their email messages to start anew, or are seriously considering doing so.

27% have gotten a new email address to start fresh with a new inbox or are thinking about it. It’s no surprise then that the average Detroit user has 2.5 email accounts. It’s easy to get a new email address these days too, just visit My eAddress for a new one of your own.

I’m in the Bathroom, Just Let Me Finish this Last Email

Over two-thirds (67%) of Detroit email users say they’ve checked their email from the bathroom. Other popular email spots include in bed in their pajamas (73%), in a restaurant (80%), while driving (47%), while on a date (30%), at happy hour (23%) and from church (13%).

Breaking Up is Hard to Do

13% have asked someone out on a date over email and 5% have broken up over email. Meanwhile, 13% have used email to share bad news and just 1% have quit their job by email.

Never an Email Break – Even on Vacation

The average email user in Detroit checks personal email at work 3.2 times per day. Meanwhile, they also check work email over 3 times in a given weekend.

16% plan vacations based on where they know they can access email, and 26% say they feel obligated to check work email while on a break from the office.

Checking Email: All Day & All Night

Over a quarter (27%) of Detroit residents check their email as soon as they wake up and 8% check email right after dinner. 40% even check their email in the middle of the night and a third (33%) of mobile email users keep their mobile device or BlackBerry® on the nightstand so they can hear the chime of a new email arriving in their inbox.

I Want My Mobile Email!

15% of email users check their email from a mobile device or cell phone. In fact, 38% of these users say they upgraded to a new cell phone in the last year because they wanted to get email while on-the-go. Want to get mobile email on your phone? Just click here to get started.