Bum on Seat. My month without tablet and smartphone
Unplanned, I’ve spent the last two months without a tablet and the last month without a modern smartphone. My Galaxy Tab bit the dust in an overnight charging fit at the beginning of March and my phone is still the Nokia N8 – nothing compared to todays smartphones! I briefly used a Sony Xperia Arc, and I enjoyed it, but it got passed on to my wife who needs a solid smartphone more than I do. I’m able to chop and change devices far quicker than my wife is and when her original Xperia started going wonky, it was easier to hand-over the newer model rather than try and fix the issues.
Not many tech reporters will have done what I’ve done so it’s worth thinking about where the 7” tablet really did fit into my life. Was I kidding myself that I needed a tablet? To be honest, I miss my tablet and have tried to resurrect it on many occasion but of course, I can live without it. It turns out it was more of a social device rather than anything I really needed for business but it did mean that I didn’t have to use a Swiss Army Knife to build a house. There are hundreds of tasks for which a 7” tablet is better than anything else.
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Tags: 7" tablet, galaxy Tab, nokia n8, smartphone, tablet, ultrabook
It’s been 15 months since Nokia gave me an N8 for a long term test. The N8 is now available with Belle, for about 260 Euros. Not bad at all for the best cameraphone quality out there. Here’s an update on how I feel about it today and how it affects my thoughts about the Nokia 808 – an awesome camera, with the same OS.
