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Mobiles are the new laptops
The anchor of a popular show on NDTV noted recently at the end of the talk,”you can meet me on Facebook,on Twitter,or contact me the old-fashioned way – through an e-mail.” E-mails may be considered old-fashioned now,but something else is gaining popularity – use of phones for official work,rather than laptops. These gadget gurus,of course,own some of the most high-end phones in the market. Take Navpreet Singh,in his early 40s,who now seldom carries his laptop. “Between my iPhone and Nokia E90 Communicator II,I have almost everything covered that I need on my laptop. It’s a question of utilising technology to optimise everything,” he points out.
Navpreet,the CEO of Visions,an IT solutions export firm based in Sector 12,coolly shows you the live feed of the work sections in his office,courtesy an IP (Internet Protocol) Surveillance camera installed and configured for the purpose. “I have also installed alarm systems in my office,and the moment any alarm goes off,I get an alert on my iPhone. Instantly,I can watch the entire premises on my phone while I am on the way,which certainly helps in effectively monitoring the premises,” adds Navpreet. Vivek Nijhawan,a leading Airtel dealer in the region and Director of Three Vee Communication says that the younger generation is certainly getting more savvy where the optimal use of phones is concerned. “There is a definite demand for phones with higher external and internal memory,but most dealers do not educate their buyers about the complete use of their gadgets,” he states.
Where gadgets are concerned,few can beat Sanjeev,a Chandigarh-based businessman. Sanjeev is popular among his friends’ circle for changing his phone every week – sometimes even daily. “Phones are a major passion with me,” he smiles.
Most of his phones are those that have not been launched in the country yet – he orders for them online and his current handset is an iPhone 3GS,not yet launched in India. Within the next few days,he will acquire three new flashers – a Palm Pre,a Nokia N900,and a Sony Ericsson Satio. Sanjeev is proud of ensuring optimal use of his phones,”now I use my laptop only once in 15 days. With my phones,I seldom feel the need for it,” he admits.
Game for fun
While one can download games both from the Nokia Ovi store and the iTunes Store,users highlight that there is nothing to match the games one gets on iPhones. Some of the popular games are iGolf,where you swing the phone the way you want to hit the ball; swing it similarly for bowling; Flick Cricket,racing games where you use the phone like a steering wheel and iSniper — where you ‘shoot’,turning the phone itself on an angle that you like.
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