Are portables killing our eyes?
As if we weren't
already worried enough about our cellphone causing Blackberry thumb, certain indecisiveness,
and, of course, brain cancer, the WSJ is now
reporting that according to some leading opticians, portables, especially with small screens and smaller fonts, could
be causing irreversible eye strain and damage to our vision. Apparently the action of focusing for long periods of time
on small spacial areas held relatively closely to the body -- especially displays with poor contrast ratios, and bad
glare -- tends to overwork the eye's ciliary muscles, and might be causing deteriorated vision in the same young group
of patients now visiting doctors for other technologically related ailments, like portable audio related hearing loss -- a group far too young
to be coming in for their annual eyes, ears, and artificial hip-bone checkup.[Via TechDirt]
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
brian @ May 3rd 2006 10:05AM
yes its true. i have normal vision. i upgraded from the sprint 6600 with that huge screen to the 6700 (with that tiny screen) and within a few days my eyes hurt and my vision was blurry. at one point a red spot even appeared on my eye. i downgraded to the 6600 and all is back to normal. the qvga screens mixed with a small screen size i think will cause big problems, maybe for many of us later then sonner (as in my case).
the 6700 and its variants from htc is a perfect example. the screen size is tiny. yet with evdo we are tempted to read all of the internet. i dont think the eyes can take it.
and fyi, if you are concerned that this may be a problem for you, the 6600 (htc harier, etc.) is the only phone/pda device out there with a large screen.
also last year i used the treo 650 with the same probems.
brian @ May 3rd 2006 10:05AM
yes its true. i have normal vision. i upgraded from the sprint 6600 with that huge screen to the 6700 (with that tiny screen) and within a few days my eyes hurt and my vision was blurry. at one point a red spot even appeared on my eye. i downgraded to the 6600 and all is back to normal. the qvga screens mixed with a small screen size i think will cause big problems, maybe for many of us later then sonner (as in my case).
the 6700 and its variants from htc is a perfect example. the screen size is tiny. yet with evdo we are tempted to read all of the internet. i dont think the eyes can take it.
and fyi, if you are concerned that this may be a problem for you, the 6600 (htc harier, etc.) is the only phone/pda device out there with a large screen.
also last year i used the treo 650 with the same probems.
brian @ May 3rd 2006 10:05AM
yes its true. i have normal vision. i upgraded from the sprint 6600 with that huge screen to the 6700 (with that tiny screen) and within a few days my eyes hurt and my vision was blurry. at one point a red spot even appeared on my eye. i downgraded to the 6600 and all is back to normal. the qvga screens mixed with a small screen size i think will cause big problems, maybe for many of us later then sonner (as in my case).
the 6700 and its variants from htc is a perfect example. the screen size is tiny. yet with evdo we are tempted to read all of the internet. i dont think the eyes can take it.
and fyi, if you are concerned that this may be a problem for you, the 6600 (htc harier, etc.) is the only phone/pda device out there with a large screen.
also last year i used the treo 650 with the same probems.