More than one-third of workers would choose their mobile phone over their wallet, keys, laptop or digital music player if they had to leave the house for 24 hours and could take only one item, a new survey has found.

    The survey, conducted by market research firm IDC and sponsored by Nortel Networks Corp, found that while more than 38 percent of the 2,367 people polled chose their mobile phones, less than 30 percent chose their wallets first.

    Through the survey, Nortel -- North America's biggest maker of telephone gear -- was looking to find out how many workers around the world can be defined as "hyperconnected," or as those who have fully embraced devices like cellphones and laptops, as well as applications like e-mail or social networking sites like Facebook.

    The answer: 16 percent, and growing.

    The survey classified the hyperconnected worker as someone who uses at least seven devices for work and personal access, in addition to at least nine applications like instant messaging, text messaging or web conferencing.

    The country with the highest percentage of hyperconnected respondents in the study was China. Canada and the United Arab Emirates had the fewest number among the 17 countries covered in the survey.

    The survey also predicts the number of the hyperconnected will likely rise to 40 percent in five years.

    The group of hard-core communications users is followed by a larger subset -- 36 percent of respondents -- designated as "increasingly connected," the study states. These workers use a minimum of four devices and six applications.

    如果要離開房間24小時并且只能帶一樣東西，你會選擇什么？一項最新調查發現，超過三分之一的人選擇帶手機，而選擇錢包、鑰匙、筆記本電腦或數碼音樂播放器的人則相對較少。

    該調查由北電網絡公司贊助，并由IDC市場調查公司開展。調查結果顯示，在2367名調查對象中，超過38%的人選擇了手機，不到30%的人選擇帶錢包。

    北電網絡是北美最大的通訊設備制造商公司。該調查旨在了解目前全世界有多少人是“超連通”人士，或已成為手機、筆記本電腦等設備及電子郵件或Facebook等社交網站等應用工具的忠實用戶。

    調查顯示，全世界有16%的人如此，而且這個數字還在不斷增長。

    該調查將“超連通人士”定義為使用至少九種應用工具（如即時通訊、短信或網絡會議等），在工作和生活中使用至少7種電子設備的人。

    調查顯示，在接受調查的17個國家中，中國的“超連通”人士所占比例最高，加拿大和阿聯酋所占比例最低。

    此外，據該調查預測，“超連通”人士的比例在未來五年內可能會升至40%。

    調查稱，除“鐵桿”通訊用戶外，還有一個被稱為“連通增長人士”的更大群體（36%）。這部份人在工作中至少使用4種電子設備和6種應用工具