Punctuation Perfectionists

85% watch their spelling and punctuation when typing emails. Over two-thirds (70%) are irked by misspellings yet 71% excuse the errors when the emails come from a mobile device, like a BlackBerry®.

Check All. Click Delete.

26% of email users have either declared “email bankruptcy,” deleting all of their email messages to start anew, or are seriously considering doing so.

28% have either 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 Houston user has 2.7 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.

Snuggling up to Email

73% of Houston email users say they’ve checked their email from the bathroom. Other popular email spots include in bed in their pajamas (78%), in a restaurant (75%), while driving (55%), while on a date (30%), at happy hour (50%) and from church (30%).

It’s So Over, Now Lose My Email Address

15% have asked someone out on a date over email and 7% have broken up over email. Meanwhile, 13% have used email to share bad news and 6% have quit their job by email.

Personal Email at Work & Work Email on the Weekends

The average email user in Houston checks personal email at work 3.8 times per day. Meanwhile, they also check work email over 3 times in a given weekend.

27% plan vacations based on where they know they can access email, and 30% say they feel obligated to check work email while on a break from the office.

Email Nightmares

39% of Houston residents check their email in the middle of the night and over half (55%) – the highest in all markets – 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. One-fifth (20%) check their email as soon as they wake up and 10% check email right after dinner.

Mobile Mayhem

20% of email users check their email from a mobile device or cell phone. In fact, 73% 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.