What's your smart-phone hand?

€uroMeinke · 08-23-2010, 08:41 PM

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 · 08-23-2010, 08:44 PM

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 · 08-23-2010, 08:51 PM

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 · 08-23-2010, 08:53 PM

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 · 08-23-2010, 09:08 PM

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 · 08-23-2010, 09:10 PM

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 · 08-23-2010, 09:36 PM

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 · 08-23-2010, 10:28 PM

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

Kevy Baby · 08-24-2010, 03:48 PM

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

Quote:

Originally Posted by Alex

...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 · 08-24-2010, 03:51 PM

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.

08-23-2010, 08:41 PM	#1
€uroMeinke L'Hédoniste Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: A.S.C.O.T. Posts: 8,671	What's your smart-phone hand? 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. __________________ I would believe only in a God that knows how to Dance. Friedrich Nietzsche
	Submit to Quotes

08-23-2010, 08:44 PM	#2
BarTopDancer Prepping... Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Here, there, everywhere Posts: 11,405	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. __________________ Spork is the new MacGyver Postcards From My Edge
	Submit to Quotes

08-23-2010, 08:51 PM	#3
Stan4dSteph Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: East Bay Area, CA Posts: 3,156	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.
	Submit to Quotes

08-23-2010, 08:53 PM	#4
Ghoulish Delight I Floop the Pig Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Alternative Swankstyle Posts: 19,348	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. __________________ 'He who receives an idea from me, receives instruction himself without lessening mine; as he who lights his taper at mine, receives light without darkening me.' -TJ
	Submit to Quotes

08-23-2010, 09:08 PM	#5
alphabassettgrrl Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 4,978	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. __________________ Why cycling? Anything [sport] that had to do with a ball, I wasn't very good at. -Lance Armstrong
	Submit to Quotes

08-23-2010, 09:10 PM	#6
Cadaverous Pallor ohhhh baby Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Parental Bliss Posts: 12,364	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. __________________ The second star to the right shines in the night for you
	Submit to Quotes

08-23-2010, 09:36 PM	#7
Alex . Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 13,354	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.
	Submit to Quotes

08-23-2010, 10:28 PM	#8
Ghoulish Delight I Floop the Pig Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Alternative Swankstyle Posts: 19,348	Good point, I also use my left hand for actual calls almost exclusively. __________________ 'He who receives an idea from me, receives instruction himself without lessening mine; as he who lights his taper at mine, receives light without darkening me.' -TJ
	Submit to Quotes

08-24-2010, 03:51 PM	#10
Gemini Cricket ... Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 13,244	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.
	Submit to Quotes