Mobile phones are our most important gadget

The mobile phone has been voted the single most important gadget in the lives of British people.

62 percent of people say their mobile is the most important gadget in their lives, putting it ahead of laptops, iPods and digital cameras.

Two-in-three people even claimed they felt at a loss when leaving their phone at home while just 16 per cent who said they can quite easily get by without one.

On average it was found that we spend three hours per day fiddling with our phones, with texting the most common use, followed by phone calls then social networking apps like Facebook and Twitter.

All of which comes as quite a shock… we'd almost forgot you could still use mobile phones to make phone calls.