The dividing line between computers and mobiles is becoming thinner every day. I have come across executives who work mainly from their mobiles. Recently I came across a guy who was busy with two mobiles. Even though I too had two mobiles (I should tell my wife there are others too with extra mobiles), I was curious as he was simultaneously handling both.

I went over and asked him about it. He said he was constantly on the move and depended entirely on his two mobiles — a Blackberry and a Nokia E series mobile. He had GPRS on both, each connected to two different service providers. He also made it a point to select only operators who had pan-India licences. Additionally, he had a third SIM card, again with GPRS activated, in his pocket, just in case the first two should fail.

My curiosity increased when I heard about the third SIM. I could understand two connections... one as a backup for the other, but three?

He explained that he was constantly touring the country and kept in touch with his office and colleagues through his mobiles. He took care to buy only mobiles with document editing facility and push emails. He had at least four chat apps. The office also had a Twitter account with protected feeds not visible in other timelines or searches. For this, he had two Twitter clients in each phone.

Another thing he said was interesting. Theirs was a direct marketing company, and almost all executives were constantly on tour or on house calls. Almost all of them had two business mobiles with GPRS connectivity and conducted all official transactions through mobiles. He said the last time he sat before a computer was over four months ago!

All the executives had Google and Zoho accounts, and stored their documents in these services. They are now eagerly awaiting the full-fledged launch of 3G services for faster uploading and downloading of documents.

I was so engrossed with his e-activities that I forgot to ask the name of his e-company.

I haven't mentioned yet where I saw him. It was in the humble post-office!

What was he doing there when he had literally everything on his ‘fingertips'? Well, there is nothing like sending a physical letter to a client, said the e-man.

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