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FOR
Alberto Villarosa, president and CEO of Security Bank
Corp., downtime is never the time to keep your eye off
the ball, especially now when he’s mobilizing a
five-year plan to position the company for a stronger
market presence. He may be on the road between
appointments or stuck in a traffic gridlock, but he
manages to stay on top with his powerful Nokia E90, the
latest in the Finnish company’s Communicator series that
has tech geeks buzzing and corporate honchos
drooling.
“Nokia
E90 is a virtual office that fits in the palm of my
hands. It’s like taking my office with me everywhere I
go. Being Blackberry-enabled, I can easily respond to
e-mails needing my immediate attention and, conversely,
send out instructions even when I am on the move,” he
says. “I can seamlessly open important files, edit them
and send the same to the office. It has 128MB of memory
free to the user, and user memory is expandable via a
microSD memory card slot, allowing for greater storage
capacity for huge files that can be easily transferred
to my office computer.”
When he
drops by at any of the bank’s 100-plus branches for a
surprise visit, he is armed with all the relevant
information he needs, including something as simple, yet
vital, as the name of the manager. Like all smart
business leaders, Villarosa knows the value of the
personal touch. He even schedules his phone to send out
birthday greetings to his employees at the first minute
of the red-letter day.
Unfortunately for some of them, though, work does not
end when the weekend begins. “My people have gotten used
to receiving e-mails from me from home early morning and
late evening on a Saturday, as I do my regular weekend
review of business items needing updates and
follow-throughs. I can imagine my people are probably
longing for the Jurassic phones as a result,” he
reveals, grinning.
The E90
also supports other e-mail solutions aside from
BlackBerry Connect—Nokia Intellisync Wireless E-mail,
Mail for Exchange and the most popular consumer e-mail
solutions, like those from Yahoo and Google.
Beyond
managing e-mails and documents, this third-generation,
210-gram wireless wonder packs more than enough features
to please any multitasking taskmaster. Browsing the
Internet and downloading files and applications become a
cinch through WLAN, HSDPA and 3G high-speed broadband
connectivity. Equipped with the Symbian OS S60
platform—the leading software that makes smartphones
smart—and a large inner screen capable of displaying
800x352 pixels at 16 million true colors, the E90 lets
you view an entire Web page at a single glance without
fumbling for the scroll button.
The
formidable S60 can run several applications at the same
time, including WorldMate, “the Swiss Army knife of
travel service applications.” This downloadable software
keeps the frequent traveler updated on flight status,
weather forecasts and currency-exchange rates. A most
useful tool for somebody like Architect Felino Palafox,
whose extensive overseas projects in 25 countries has
the master planner for Ayala Heights, SM Malls and
Rockwell Center crossing time zones practically every
month. The quad-band GSM automatically switches between
bands and lets him talk in any continent his work might
take him to. Two built-in cameras are also at his
disposal—one to capture images up to 3.2 megapixels, the
other to conduct urgent video conferences. Intuitively
designed, the E90 is “easy to use,“ he says. “I don’t
need to sit down and study the manual.”
If
there’s any studying to be done, it’s with the aid of
the phone’s integrated GPS, the busy exec’s navigating
partner for locating meeting venues, restaurants and
other places of interest.
The E90
arms the corporate warrior with Nokia Intellisync Mobile
Suite 8.0, Quickoffice tools and Download! Application
for accessing other solutions that will increase
productivity and provide him a competitive advantage.
The palm-size business tool also delivers plenty of
voice features, from voice dialing to recording to
issuing commands for menu, profiles and keypad lock.
When the mobile magnate needs a short break, he can
always tap the phone’s multimedia functions—Realplayer
for streaming audio, video and MP4 video files; an MP3
music player, even an FM radio.
That’s a
lot of muscle for a sleek 132x57x20mm device.
“We are
responding to the growing requirements of business
customers,” says Nokia Philippines general manager
William Hamilton-Whyte. “The E90 will exceed their
expectations and deliver an uncompromised experience.”
Already,
it is changing the way people do business. |
