68% of executives use remote email (devices) on holiday

Link: Brits pick BlackBerrys for their holidays – vnunet.com.

Over two-thirds of senior British executives check their email remotely while
on holiday, new research has found.

The study by consultancy
Aziz found
that 68 per cent of executives take a remote email access device, such as
BlackBerry,
palmtop or laptop, on holiday to check work accounts.

My dad is, at this precise moment, sat in a Cafe somewhere in Majorca, talking to me via GoogleTalk on his Blackberry.

Cool, eh?

He’s not working. He’s quite happy using the device to chat to me as he’s totally bored. Which is what you want in a holiday, right?