Gizmos anyone?

As I wait to catch a flight at one of the numerous airports of the country, I find myself surrounded by the various specimens of human beings each different than the other and exhibiting that rare trait that distinguishes him from his fellow brethren in not only his fingerprint but also his electronic signature. Yes! I am talking about the electronic revolution that has taken us by storm in the last few years. It is now no longer enough to distinguish yourself by sporting a crisp suit and carrying a Mont Blanc while you board the plane. Nowadays what counts is which mobile phone are you carrying on your self and what is the size of your laptop screen? For the discerning connoisseur, a further differentiator is how many! of these gizmos can he seamlessly integrate into one single conversation? If one is not able to hook up his latest blackberry to his hands free and shout at the top of his voice about the latest 5 million deal he struck today and then pull out his wide screen laptop to check if he had the number for Nimmo mausi in his outlook folder, he finds that all his precious possessions have been far underutilized and an opportunity to firmly establish himself at the top of the social chain among the assembled motley group of people at the lounge has been lost.To further drive home the point that he is with the most "in-things" at the present moment, our fellow being also obliges the rest of the people at the lounge with a peek of his shining new I Pod belting out his favorite hits. Thank the lord that Apple did not put a loud speaker on the little devil otherwise, god knows which Beethoven symphony would have lulled me to sleep in the lounge and I would have definitely missed my flight. After all, one does not profess to being a Govinda fan with a gizmo of this defining superiority.Another species closely related to the above showman is the discerning businessman who can just not unwrangle himself from his work. Time is money they say and what better way to demonstrate it than the relaxing environs of the airport lounge? An innocuous sounding call from his office makes our very enterprising hi flier pull out his P900 and flip open the flap (would make a great tongue twister that one.). I mean is there a better way to engage in technical directives to the most nincompoopest of his staff than on his PDA? Almost, as if the mere usage of the instrument would carry that extra weight required for driving home the point in the most efficient manner.If you thought that the social web had been completely defined in the above paragraphs, then think again. And if you have put your imagination on full blast and transported yourself back to the airport lounge in your memories, I am absolutely certain that you have definitely found out that one last remaining tech savvy genre that we have missed so far. I am talking of the fashionably tech conscious people here. The ones that sport the latest gadgets in the matching combinations with their trousers or skirts. Don’t for a moment think that I have taken the discussion too far. Hear me out here and I am sure that I will have the cynics seeing the stylish side of truth in this matter. Don’t tell me that you did not notice the impeccably dressed female in high heel shoes and low hip jeans sporting a designer hairdo and the latest make up at 6 in the morning. Now put a little more strain on your memories and I am sure that you would be able to pinpoint the laptop that she had slung over her shoulders. Now if you were unfortunate enough not to be privy to the stylish gadget inside that bag of hers, let me take you into the interiors of the innocuous looking leather case that she has on herself. The Luis Vuitton bag that she carries has inside a laptop of the highest possible configuration that money can conjure up replete with video conferencing facilities, etc and the high point of all this is that the laptop is color matched to her dress (just makes you wonder if her wardrobe is color coded to the laptop or she has enough to match her impeccable array of clothing?). She uses this to hold video chats with her boyfriend standing at the airport on the other end of the aero plane ride that she is going to take. After the sweet nothings that have elated our dear fellow on the receiving airport, she uses the time left to catch a glimpse of the latest Hollywood movie stored on her hard disk. So you have it - The idiot’s guide to the gizmos that people play with. Though the passage may make it sound like a fashion and style statement to play with these things around, it is a little more than a necessity in our times. What if my phone gives that extra facility of being able to shoot movies and making stylish presentations along with looking incredibly good and stylish? Why should my high end laptop not be able to deliver the highest end of entertainment besides being useful for my work? Why should I feel ashamed if my watch can do a complete health check and advise me on my present sugar levels? After all didn’t somebody very qualified once say – If you got it flaunt it?