In a recent customer survey, we asked small to medium-sized business owners across the United States how Smartphones have changed the way they do business. The results of the survey revealed the prominent role these handheld devices are playing in the daily lives of an increasingly mobile workforce.

Here are the complete results:

The results of this survey clearly indicate how Smartphones are impacting not only businesses but also the personal lives of business professionals. For example, Smartphones tied with having intimate relationships as being the number one thing respondents cannot live without. And, the majority (79%) of them are now using the mobile devices more than either their office or home phones.

As a growing number of  business professionals increase their productivity by using mobile work tools such as Smartphones, the need for a flexible phone solution that isn’t limited to an office location becomes vital. Through our business class, cost-effective phone systems, we, at RingCentral, are meeting the needs of these professionals who cannot afford to sacrifice professionalism as their businesses becomes more mobile.

“This survey demonstrates the critical role Smartphones play in business. The passion business professionals have for these devices reflects a major shift in the way we work, and the new reality is that businesses do not have to choose between mobility and professionalism,” said Vlad Shmunis, CEO of RingCentral. “RingCentral is designed to meet the needs of today’s professional–delivering the power of a complete business phone system for the mobile world. The best part is that businesses do not need to spend a single dollar in capital expenditure to have anywhere, anytime world class communications.”

RingCentral conducted this study from March 12 to March 16, 2010. Almost 400 customers answered this email survey.