ASK people what’s the one gadget they can’t live without, and chances are the answer will be the mobile phone. That’s what I would answer too.

What I’m interested to know, however, is what applications you like using on your mobile phone. We obviously use our cell phones for more than just making calls. In fact, in an age when mobile phones are also cameras, videocams, GPS devices, TV sets, computers, and what have you, it’s almost an afterthought to say, “Oh, by the way, you can also use it to make phone calls.”

How do you use your mobile phone for non-voice applications? Do you regularly check your e-mail using your cell phone, say, using the Gmail mobile app?

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WHITE BEACH, Puerto Galera–We’re still at sea, actually, on our way to this resort.

I’m with most of the INQUIRER.net editorial team. But though we’re out of town, that doesn’t mean we’ve stopped bringing you the news.

Using their BlackBerries, the reporters here are filing breaking news stories, while the editors on this boat are working on these articles.

And yup, I’m blogging this using my N90 mobile phone via Smart 3G.

And we’re still on the boat, heh.

Long live the mobile office!

START placing your bets.

Here’s an excerpt from the Seattle Times article:

SAN FRANCISCO — Motorola showed Tuesday that it has no intention of abandoning its iconic RAZR brand, even though the popular wireless phone has become a weight on the company’s bottom line.

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AND in the latest installment of “Gadgets that Inspire Technolust,” Smart has announced that it is launching the BlackBerry 8800 smart phone.

Here’s an excerpt from INQUIRER.net reporter Lawrence Casiraya’s story:

MANILA, Philippines –Mobile operator Smart Communications has announced plans to offer the Blackberry 8800 smart phone starting May.

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BELIEVE it or not, once upon a time, we didn’t have cellphones. At lunch tomorrowyesterday with fellow journalists and PR friends while covering a gaming event, I got to talking about how back in the days before everyone had cellphones, people had to be more diligent in keeping their appointments, whether personal or official business.

Think about how we go about our appointments nowadays. Maybe you’re running late, so you text the person you’re meeting. Maybe you reset the meeting if something has come up, or you change the venue. Heck, you might not have even set a time and venue, as you and the person you’re meeting might just agree to text each other throughout the day to say when you’re free and where you’ll meet.

It’s second nature to us now, but things weren’t always like this. In the years BC (Before Cellphones), you basically had no way of knowing if a person was just running late, or wouldn’t show up at all. Sure, some people had pagers, but since it isn’t two-way, it was hard to contact people if you had to change plans, or for them to contact you back. You had to wait for people and then decide how many minutes or hours it would take before it means na-indyan ka.
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