What's your smart-phone hand?

[€uroMeinke]

Today as I was distracting myself from work and checking my iphone for the usual social media aps I noticed that I seem to use my left hand and thumb a lot when using my phone despite being right-handed. I suspect it's because I'm use to having my right hand free to take notes when I'm on the phone, but it makes me wonder if other people are smart-phone ambidextrous.

[BarTopDancer]

I am strongly right handed and a faster texter with my right hand but I can navigate my phone with both I can also write with my left though I wouldn't say I'm ambidextrous.

[Stan4dSteph]

I'm right handed, but I tend to use my left a lot for scrolling etc. It just seems to work better for some reason.

[Ghoulish Delight]

If I'm operating it one handed, it's with my fight (I'm a lefty). If I'm using 2 hands, I hold it in my right and use my left for touch-screening. I think the right handed thing mostly comes from the fact that the button that wakes the phone up from sleep mode is most easily pressed with my right.

[alphabassettgrrl]

Depends on what I'm doing. Texting: I like to use both hands. Dialing: can go either way. Searching my address book: usually left. Answering: usually right. I think.

I don't have a strong preference; depends on what I'm doing with the phone, and what else I'm doing.

[Cadaverous Pallor]

I'm a righty and I heavily rely on my right hand on the phone, but I'm also a very slow phone user. I have a feeling that if I used the phone more and got faster I'd be more ambidextrous at it.

[Alex]

I'm strongly left handed (I can't even use a fork with my right hand) but when it comes to computer peripherals I'm fully ambidextrous, amazing friends and enemies alike with my ability to use a computer mouse from either side of the keyboard.

I've never noticed any particular handedness when using my phone for things other than a phone call but when I am using it for a call the phone is almost always to my left ear (meaning I couldn't write). But my headset for my phone at work is set up for right ear use.

[Ghoulish Delight]

Good point, I also use my left hand for actual calls almost exclusively.

[Kevy Baby]

Mostly right hand and almost exclusively left ear - especially with blue tooth.

...but when it comes to computer peripherals I'm fully ambidextrous, amazing friends and enemies alike with my ability to use a computer mouse from either side of the keyboard.I had a professor in college who could write with both hands. Simultaneously. Different things.

His name was (and presumably still is) Arthur Charles Walter Bethel. On the blackboard, we would write "Arthur Charles" with his left hand and "Walter Bethel" with his right (at the same time). When complete, the two names would line up and were mostly similar in looks (though you could see some differences).

He was a quirky guy, but I liked him.

[Gemini Cricket]

I'm right handed and use my right hand to do things on my iPhone.

On a similar note, I can't text using two hands. I don't know how people do it.

[Alex]

Mostly right hand and almost exclusively left ear - especially with blue tooth.

I had a professor in college who could write with both hands. Simultaneously. Different things.

His name was (and presumably still is) Arthur Charles Walter Bethel. On the blackboard, we would write "Arthur Charles" with his left hand and "Walter Bethel" with his right (at the same time). When complete, the two names would line up and were mostly similar in looks (though you could see some differences).

He was a quirky guy, but I liked him.

I can never remember if it was Cleveland or Garfield but one of those presidents was able to simultaneously write in Greek with one hand and Latin with the other.

[Kevy Baby]

Garfield apparently - I was unaware of this

[Gemini Cricket]

I heard he likes lasagna, too.

[Betty]

I'm left handed and must use a fork in my left hand. I always pick a corner when we go out to eat so I don't elbow fight with the person next to me on the left.

I use scissors in my right hand and also use that hand for a mouse.

I text with both hands - like on a keyboard - it just feels more natural. But I scroll with my right hand - similar to using a mouse I guess. I also throw with my left hand.

I wear my computer headset and cell phone earwig in my right ear... odd that anyone is right or left eared... never thought about it but it's true.

[alphabassettgrrl]

I'm very clearly left-eared. I have terrible difficulty understanding people if I listen with my right ear. Feels really wrong.

[lashbear]

I prefer to use my feet. It stimulates conversation.

[Chernabog]

I'm right-handed and I use my blackberry with my right hand. I'm used to mousing with my right hand too, leaving my left hand free for ummm... drinking tea.

[Capt Jack]

a lot of what I seem to do along these lines seems driving centric. bluetooth right, phone right, even texting and operating the phone is mostly right handed (even though I really dont do either anymore except by voice dialing) leaving the left hand on the wheel, regardless of actually driving at the time or no.

I am getting a lot better at thumb texting with both hands now though. I think the iPhone has necessitated that.