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For which rationals is this exponential sum bounded?

Given $x \in [0, 1]$, we denote by $e(x)$ the complex number $e^{2 \pi i x}$. Can we characterise the set of rationals $x$ for which the sum $$A_N(x)\, :=\, \sum_{n = 0}^N e(2^n x)$$ remains bounded ...
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