Nielsen found that American teenagers sent and received an average of 2,272 text messages per month in the fourth quarter of 2008,— almost 80 messages a day, more than double the average of a year earlier.

So it’s no wonder that texting may be taking a toll on teenagers’ thumbs!  According to an article in the New York Times,  excessive texting can cause the same repetitive stress injuries (RSI) as typing on a keyboard, with texters getting painful cramping in their thumbs.

So before RSI strikes, try sending text messages with Voice Assist.  Use your voice not your thumbs.  To date we’ve found no ill health effects of talking too much!

In a study reported today by Information Week, research group Toluna, surveyed 5000 mobile phone users about texting while driving.  A whopping 83% of the respondents said that texting while driving should be banned.  That should make our roads safer right?  Well not exactly.  Despite these beliefs, 60% of the respondents admitted they did it anyway!

The problem is that texting is such an integral part of our communications, well at least for some of us.  How many times have you found yourself driving in the car and need to send a quick text, or reply to a text? 

Well, the good news is that now you can send texts by speaking them with Voice Assist.  Just call your Voice Assist account, wearing your headset of course, say who you want to text and then dictate the message.  Voice Assist will transcribe what you said and then text it for you. No keying required.

So for all you conflicted mobile phone users, all you need to do is sign up for Voice Assist.

Initial results from the July-December 2008 National Health Interview Survey (NHIS) indicate that the number of American homes with only wireless telephones continues to grow. More than one of every five American homes (20.2%) had only mobile phones during the second half of 2008, an increase of 2.7 percentage points since the first half of 2008.

In addition, one of every seven American homes (14.5%) received all or almost all calls on wireless telephones, despite having a landline telephone in the home.