Gadget queens

Tue, May 13 12:10 AM

Women love gadgets more than Gucci shoes. Surprised? So were we at the results of the US channel, Oxygen Network's survey where three out of every four women picked a TV over a diamond solitaire necklace.

a high-end cell phone over designer shoes, while (gasp!) the little black dress was overtaken by the iPod. Can a survey by an American channel hold good for India? Definitely seems to in Delhi.

Says Latika Khaneja, director, Collage Sports Management, "I splurge on bags and shoes, but my BlackBerry is more important to me for reasons of functionality. It allows me to be easily accessible from any part of the world.

Also for frequent travellers like me an iPod is an absolute necessity on long journeys." One of the reasons women could prefer mobile phones to jewels is possibly because the phone itself is a little gem.

Like Vertu, some models of which are actually diamond studded. Also mobile phones are now being designed by fashion houses too, such as D and amp;G and Prada.

Shalu Jindal, wife of industrialist Navin Jindal says, "I do not know how we stayed without being mobile for so long; it's a necessity now. I can forget anything, but not my phone.

And if you're carrying such an important gadget everywhere, then it needs to be stylish too." Non-techie women may not flaunt their gizmo brands, but they can't think of life without them either.

Like Raseel Gujral of Casa Paradox, who says, "I am not an electronics person but my laptop and phone are very important. I don't use gadgets for style otherwise I would have had Vertu.

" Of course some swing the other way, the style and look are paramount for women like corporate lawyer Chandni Dhingra. "I have just bought Sony Cyber Shot camera, it has a touch screen, is metallic black and very sleek gadget.

I emptied my bag to make some space for it. And now be it a party or a day out with my friends, my camera is always makes a stylish statement.

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