Beyond the phone! The gadget that has Vijay Shekhar Sharma hooked

Five bright and successful men talk about the gadget they can’t do without.

Vijay Shekhar Sharma, Founder, One97 Communication

“Bose revolve speaker. I have carried it with me to hotels, just to play music anywhere I like.”

Mika Hakkinen, Two-time Formula One champion

“One gadget that is fun to use and is my favourite is a camera helicopter [a helicam]. It is fun to fl y and takes great shots. I use it at home primarily. I live in Monaco, but I also have a house in the South of France, where there is a lot of land. I take good pictures of the scenery around my house. There is the countryside, a medieval castle and hills all around. I have had the helicopter camera for a couple of years. I am not crazy about aerial photography, but I like what it does as a gadget. The pictures it takes are very nice and having to fl y it is a great experience.”

Atul Nishar, Chairman, Hexaware Technologies

“It would have to be the iPad. I’ve lost touch with using the desktop. Though I’m the founder of a technology company, I find the iPad so convenient to use that I don’t use the computer at all. It goes with me everywhere, even when I travel. It’s great to keep in touch, respond to emails, browse the web and read news.”

Ashish Goel, CEO, Urban Ladder


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“Speakers. My remedy for a long day is to tune into some great music and just let the tunes transport me. Being a lover old Hindi songs, I use the long drives to listen to my favorites like Kishore Kumar of the ’60s and SP Balasubramaniam of the ’80s. I love that feeling of being enveloped in nostalgia. I wanted to have the same experience at home, so I decided to invest in a good set of surround sound speakers.”

Deepak Ravindran, Founder, Lookup

“Voice recognition devices. Voice is the fundamental way we humans communicate and with Alexa and Google Hometype devices, machines are slowly becoming more and more connected to us, understanding our needs so that anyone, including elders or kids, can just talk to machines and get things done. I believe we should let machines communicate like us, rather than the other way around.”.