Gadgets-A Reflection of Personality?

Do your gadgets reflect your personality in any way? This is the question thrown up in the contest by Dell—Change is easy—on IndiBlogger – so click here to know more about the contest.

I own a Nokia smart phone—the 5320. I believe I bought it because it reflects who I am. It is odd to think that the gadgets you own are a reflection of who you are, yet it is easy to believe that your friends reflect who you are. It brings to mind a saying that people find it very easy to believe in stones (gems) for luck, but find it difficult to believe in the people around them for luck.

Needless to say, I believe that everything around—people, gadgets, furniture, spaces—are a reflection of the person you are. Walk into a home and you will see the reflection of the owner in it. Flowers tell you that the person likes pretty things. If you see a mess, you know that the person is unorganized. See many management books lying around and you know that the person thinks business. Self help books symbolize a cry for love. A high-end music system screams either money or a great love for music; the collection of CDs will tell you which one the person is. See a compact laptop and you know that the person could be a traveler for nobody wants to be burdened with the weight of a heavy laptop. A very old music system brings out the sentimental attachment the owner has; it represents feelings of finding it hard to part with something.

There could be exceptions to the rule where money rules the roost, but it is indeed rare to see a gadget that does not have a story to tell about the owner.

Back to my smart phone. Well, the 5230 performs all the basic functions of a smart phone, yet it isn’t the smartest phone in the market, but then, neither am I the smartest person around ;). The phone does what I want. I can access email, receive calls, make calls, take pictures, record videos and conversations, listen to music, browse the internet, play games, download stuff, get  birthday alerts and reminders, and perform other basic functions. I am not big on photography, and the use of this smart phone reflects that. I don’t make videos either. I listen to music though not as much as I’d like to, hence, this phone is perfect for me. If I was a music buff, I’d probably own an iPhone or a Nokia 5233 XpressMusic.

Now, to the question as to “Is this smart phone smart”, which translates to “Am I Smart?”, Well, I wrote an article on ‘Smart phone – is it really smart?’ a while ago and I’m left feeling stronger than ever that it does indeed make you smart. I was smart enough to buy a phone that does the basic functions, saving me the time and trouble of doing it the hard way, like calling on someone, making entries in a diary only to find the diary not with me when I really need it, in contrast to always carrying the phone with me. I’m making my life simpler and I’m smart enough to buy a phone that doesn’t cost the moon to do the work for me. Back to whether the phone is a reflection of me—yes, it is.

My smart phone is smart, not so compact (and neither am I), attractive (which I am J), handy (as am I), able to remember birthdays and telephone numbers (which I could before I got the phone; now the phone does it for me), organized (I work well with order and structure). Need I say more?


I want change. I want a new phone - I have my eye on the iPhone 4, and it tells me that I long to be sleek (working out to get slimmer), cool (shopping like crazy to be fashionable), upgraded (looking to move up the ladder), get more tech savvy (learning to use my existing phone's other features), and the list goes on. Change is what I seek. The next gadget I own will reflect that change.