My Motorola Xoom Made A Day Of Running Errands Enjoyable

September 15, 2011 By Elizabeth

Every other Wednesday when Chris gets paid, I spend a day running errands. We have a couple of bills that are just easier to pay in person, so after I drop him off at carpool and get Kaitlyn on the bus, I spend several hours driving around town taking care of bill paying and any shopping that needs doing.

A week ago Wednesday was payday so it was errand day. I take my Motorola Xoom in the car on the way to dropping Chris off, I get about 20 minutes or so to check email or catch up on the news, and because it has Verizon Wireless service, even as we drive down the highway I am continually connected.

So, my first stop was the credit union to withdraw all the cash for the bills and shopping. While I was waiting in the drive-thru line (drive-thru opens earlier than the main building), I suddenly remembered Nathan needed money in his lunch account or else they were going to give him a plain cheese sandwich for lunch. I powered up the Xoom, browsed to the account page, and in a few clicks, while I was still waiting in line, I had made the lunch payment.

A couple more stops and then I was headed to Target where I needed to pick up a prescription and pay my Target Visa bill. After I parked, I decided to double-check the amount of the bill before going inside to pay, to make sure I had enough cash. I browsed to the Target website, checked my balance due, then headed in.

While in Target, I pulled out my Xoom and fired up the Evernote app. I create shopping lists using Evernote on my laptop, and then while I’m out, use the Android app on my Xoom or phone to look at the list. No more carrying around lists scrawled on the backs of junk mail envelopes that I always was setting down to read labels and then leaving behind. The Evernote app is one of the best apps, hands down.

Now, everything I just mentioned using my Xoom for, yes I could also do all that on my Droid phone. But the main difference for me is visibility. My eyes aren’t so young anymore, and even with bifocals, I can’t always see small print on screens. So on my phone, I end up maximizing the screen, but then I can only see a small portion of the text at a time. With the Xoom, I can see everything on the screen, and if I maximize small print to see it better, I can still almost always see all of it without having to scroll.

It was just so cool, being able to take care of so many things at once. We live in an information age and we want access to our information wherever we go. The Motorola Xoom Tablet is making that possible for me in a way I had never dreamed of, and is actually making my errand day enjoyable!

disclosure: I’m working with Verizon Wireless for six months as a Verizon Midwest Mom. They provided me with a Xoom tablet and six months of Verizon Wireless service in exchange for posts about my experiences.