Music that goes on and on and on

GIZMOGEEK

Arjun Malhotra, chairman & CEO, Headstrong Services, confesses to having burnt a hole in his pocket when he bought a home entertainment system way back in 1990. All that's in the past and he has got more than his money's worth from his BlackBerry. Bewitched by BlackBerry's email connectivity, Malhotra cannot imagine his life without it.

What is the next gadget on your must-buy list?

A portable global positioning system (GPS). I go to cities not only in the US but in

Europe and Asia and a GPS can lead me with ease to my destination.

If given a chance, what dream gadget would you build?

I love my music and have it on records, spools, cassettes, CDs, MP3 and some other media too. I would love to build a gadget that would read from all these media, clean the noise and put it on an iPod.

If you were a gadget, what would you choose to be and why?

Guess, an iPod. This way I would have music on tap.

Your most embarrassing moment while exhibiting your technical skills.

After putting a silver paper around a blown fuse in a calculator, I forgot to replace the fuse. I blew off the chips when it was plugged into a DC power outlet by mistake.

Which wacky gadget have you had fun using?

My first CD label writer that required putting the label through multiple passes to get different colours and trying to align it so the colours do not overlap.

If you could, whose computer would you hack?

I do not think I would hack anyone's computer.I don't want anyone to hack mine.

Do gadgets help you unwind?

I love my music and so my wireless headphones, my Carver amplifier and Paradigm & Bose speakers work well for me.