I spend a considerable amount of my work life in meetings and the attendant waiting rooms and hotel lobbies. True to some words I read recently on twitter, if you want some ‘me’ time just show up in time for a meeting. Hardly a good thing but unfortunately that is what it is for a big chunk of the corporate world. In these waiting rooms I’ve been subjected to everything from medical journals to age old copies of Financial Times – all in the name of entertainment as I wait at someone’s reception. Yes, as much as almost everyone is glued to their phones these days, these magazines still exist at waiting rooms in some establishments.
I learnt timeliness from my mother. Ever so gently, she drilled this habit into me over the years and I have a standing paranoia of being the late one. Being that girl who saunters into a meeting and simply declares ‘traffic’. As such, more often than not I’m at least half an hour for meetings or events.
This is not a rant about late comers. It is more about what I do instead of spending precious energy seething about them. With help of technology and in my case the Nokia T20 Tablet, I have since perfected the art of getting into full work mode from wherever I am. I’m in the digital world and work can sprout seemingly from nowhere, more often than not with fierce urgency. We are digital. We are switched on. We’re in the age of tablets and mobile phones. Failure to deliver can no longer be explained away by the ‘I was not at my comp’ excuse. So, I always have some technology of some sort on my person at all times.
For me a tab is more about mobility than anything else and this is for both work and leisure. I find that it fills a perfect gap between my laptop and phone and I can get on with work without having to lug a laptop around everywhere, and without having to navigate excel sheets in the cramped space of a phone. I find that I can also catch up with movies and series on lazy mornings without leaving my bed. With a screen size of in10.4 inch and a resolution of 1200 x 2000 pixels, work, entertainment and playing games are not a struggle.
The tab has a massive 8200mAh battery. I’ve not had to use the tab for say a full day nonstop but judging from my hourly use for example, I can tell that the battery will comfortably run for a day. If you’re really pressed for charge to send that quick email, you can use a power bank to charge the tab.
The Nokia T20 is a good purchase that will fit very well into the life of anyone, whether they have a an erratic work life or whether they just want something to relax with. It will go with you to meetings, move around with you outside of work and is a good companion even for home entertainment.
I just received my review unit and will certainly work on a comprehensive review once I’ve used it a little bit more.
Keep it here.
