The Tribune, Chandigarh, India

A high five
Faster, bigger, slimmer, slicker and sharper, the new iPhone5 is familiar and packs a punch
Roopinder Singh
YOU want it, he wants it, she wants it, everybody wants the new Apple iPhone. Someone even reportedly paid Rs 1.35 lakh to get it in New Delhi, since it has not been launched in India yet. But even in the select countries where people were offered the new iPhone first, they queued up for ages to get the iPhone 5, they spent nights waiting outside the store so that they could get the bragging rights of being the early adapters of the latest offering from the Planet Apple.

PACESETTER Kimmy Bindra
Creative imprints
Providing customised designs and integrated marketing solutions makes good business sense for this entrepreneur
Aditi Garg
Creativity for the sake of design is not enough, it has to have appeal. And what better way to add appeal than to customise and personalise, catering to the individual needs of every client. Kimmy Bindra, 33, along with husband, Sameer Bindra, 36, have hit the bull’s eye as far as designs go. They provide integrated marketing solutions. Along with a host of marketing solutions, they have started personalising gifts and other items.

Small wonders
From tutor watches to must-have designer editions, shock-resistant sporty ones to customised toon characters, the dazzling world of children’s watches is keeping the market upbeat
Deepa Ranade
don’t be late for your music lesson!’ ‘Report on time for your swimming practice.’ ‘Not more than 30 minutes of the PlayStation.’ Well, not easy being a child these days! To get the most out of those 24 hours in a day, the child must have a watch to suit his purpose. Glow watch to check time in the dark, water and shock-resistant watch for the sports enthusiast and the delicate designer timepiece for the fashionable young lady.

Watch out for

Bling it on

A high five
Faster, bigger, slimmer, slicker and sharper, the new iPhone5 is familiar and packs a punch
Roopinder Singh

YOU want it, he wants it, she wants it, everybody wants the new Apple iPhone. Someone even reportedly paid Rs 1.35 lakh to get it in New Delhi, since it has not been launched in India yet. But even in the select countries where people were offered the new iPhone first, they queued up for ages to get the iPhone 5, they spent nights waiting outside the store so that they could get the bragging rights of being the early adapters of the latest offering from the Planet Apple. A record 50 lakh people bought the smartphone within the first three days of its launch.

Even as the demand exceeded the supply and customers in the US, Australia, Canada, France, Germany, Hong Kong, Japan, Singapore and the UK were clutching their iPhones and showing these off, shares of the world’s largest company actually fell. Now it turns out that the 50-lakh sale is a record for any phone, but it is just 10 lakh more that the iPhone 4S launch figures of last year! And yes, the Apple stores did run out of phones to sell.

It had to be a magnet for the posh crowd in New Delhi’s Khan Market, where it has been reported that the latest iPhone was sold in the black market for 1.35 lakh! All so that the person concerned could have it sooner than anyone else he knew.

What’s new

Now, what exactly is iPhone5? What does it have that others don’t? Compared to its predecessor, the iPhone 4S, it has a bigger screen, 4-inch screen compared to 3.5-inch; is thinner, just 7.6 millimetres; and weighs less, only 112 g. It has the highest resolution of pixels per inch (326), giving it a 1136 x 640 resolution. Apple’s new processor chip, the A6, gives double the performance, and it is 22 per cent smaller than the processor used in iPhone 4S. The camera has been upgraded to 8-megapixels. It has a software that lets a user take pictures in panoramic views, by simply turning the camera through the scene. Simply put, the new phone is bigger and better than its predecessor.

It can run on 4G or long-term evolution (LTE) networks, which can give up to 100 megabits per second. This service is, of course, not available in India, and thus the feature is of little use here. There is also some talk of the 4G in India being different from the international standard adopted by Apple.

A new iteration of the Apple operating system, the iOS promises "more than 200 new features to make the things you do every day even better". Some of these things have not delivered on these promises, but we will come to that later.

Other contenders

How does it compare with other smartphones? Android phones have been spoiling Apple’s pie in the smartphone market. The US giant has fought a cross-continent running legal battle with its rival Samsung, which beat the iPhone by launching its Galaxy S III. It has a quad core processor, also comes with an 8-megapixel camera and has many more features than Apple. It has a bigger screen, 4.8 inches, although the iPhone5 scores with a better resolution and brightness (see box).

HTC One X, an offering by the Taiwan-based HTC group, also offers a good futuristic phone with a bright 4.7-inch screen, although it comes without the quad-core processer. It lacks the removable battery of a Galaxy S III, but like its Korean counterpart, offers expandable memory.

Bugs & issues

"Nothing is perfect," as even Apple fans have had to find out from time to time, especially around the time that they get a new device. Apple, with a history of combat with Google, decided to ditch Google Maps and replace it with its own Apple Maps. While it has some flashy new features, it has also got many bugs, including mislabelled cities and its inability to locate addresses. So widespread were the protests on this issue that Apple had to issue a formal apology, with its CEO Tim Cook admitting that the new maps app, "fell short" of the company’s standards, and recommending rivals, including Google.

Other relatively minor grouses include the phones getting scruffed, the black ones more than the white ones, although the latter suffer from the so-called leaky light problem. Some light leaks out of the top right corner of the phone’s screen. Some users have complained about WiFi connectivity, battery consumption etc, but this is often the case when you have so many users with high expectations.

The buzz

India is in the third phase of Apple’s iPhone5 list, and it is expected to arrive around Diwali. If New Delhi’s Khan Market has it, then why can’t Mumbai’s Heera Panna Market, too have it? Both are more expensive than, says a techie, flying to Hong Kong, picking up a phone and travelling back. For the armchair early adopters, websites like eBay.in and Olx.in, already have phones people want to sell, for more than ~ 58,000 (16GB) at the time of going to press.

Or you could just wait and celebrate your Diwali in style with your new iPhone5, take photographs with the new camera, and thus make sure you are seen with the latest kid on the block.

The edge

Apple Maps: A costly embarrassment for Apple.
Facebook integration: Much appreciated online.
Panorama: Shoot up to 240 degrees.
Passbook: A digital wallet.
App Store: Redesigned and better.
VIP List: User-designated e-mail priority filter.

PACESETTER Kimmy Bindra
Creative imprints
Providing customised designs and integrated marketing solutions makes good business sense for this entrepreneur
Aditi Garg

Kimmy Bindra: Innovation is the mantra for success

Creativity for the sake of design is not enough, it has to have appeal. And what better way to add appeal than to customise and personalise, catering to the individual needs of every client. Kimmy Bindra, 33, along with husband, Sameer Bindra, 36, have hit the bull’s eye as far as designs go. They provide integrated marketing solutions. Along with a host of marketing solutions, they have started personalising gifts and other items. This is something new to the region and has a big market. My Doodlez, their brain child, specialises in personalising stationary, books, puzzles and gift tags for children. It retails at stores across Chandigarh.

There is a wide range to choose from. From spiral-bound diaries, colouring books, puzzles, carry bags to even storybooks can feature the people you choose. Emblazoned with the kids’ names and their chosen designs, they are selling like hot cakes.

Kimmy, an MBA, says, "We have a shop-in-shop for our creations and are planning to go bigger by November-December. The response for the same has been overwhelming. The kids love it and the parents love to indulge them. What could be more thrilling than having your kid as the central character of a story book or having puzzles made with your name on it?"

They have a workforce of around 40 people. Recently, they pioneered another new concept in the region; printing on anything from leather, stone, metal and plastic to canvas, glasses and wall papers.

This has been made possible with a special machine that facilitates printing directly on any surface. Imagine sitting on a sofa upholstered with fabric featuring the floral pattern you loved on a website or your company logo featured on everything from the door panels to acrylic boards, all done promptly.

All their wallpapers are made by sourcing and using dyes that are eco-friendly and printed on special paper. This special paper can easily be glued on to the walls without using chemicals and by using water.

The projects that they have undertaken — Pewter Room, Fern, Altius and sample flats at Sushma and TDI — speak for themselves. The proud owners follow the dictum – "If you can think it, we can ink it".

With their eyes set on corporate clients, from the parent company, Samgul Graphics and Printers, they have indeed come a long way to BuzzImc, which has diversified to PR, advertising, event management, packaging, publicity and film/photography.

For their innovative ideas and excellent printing prowess in 2008, they were awarded the "Star Printer of SARC Nations," at an event organised by the All-India Federation of Master Printers at Goa. For someone who loves her work as much as she loves being around her family, she opines, "Between work and my three year old daughter, I barely get time for myself. When I do find some free time, I love to listen to music and hit the gym. Though I enjoy reading as well, it takes a back seat with everything else getting more importance. When we got our first Star Printer Award, I was thrilled and it motivated me to devote more time to work. We had purchased some new machinery, it was then that I got busy with ‘My Doodlez’. And the reactions that it got from kids and parents alike have been overwhelming. it has egged me on to keep innovating and trying new things."

don’t be late for your music lesson!’ ‘Report on time for your swimming practice.’ ‘Not more than 30 minutes of the PlayStation.’ Well, not easy being a child these days! To get the most out of those 24 hours in a day, the child must have a watch to suit his purpose. Glow watch to check time in the dark, water and shock-resistant watch for the sports enthusiast and the delicate designer timepiece for the fashionable young lady. And the children’s watch market is evolving and growing 360 degrees.

Exactly 144 years ago in 1868, Swiss watchmaker, Patek Phillipe created the first wristwatch, which opened new vistas for the time-keeping industry. Wrist watches were then worn mostly by ladies, men liked to carry their pocket watches. But soon the wrist watch caught on and the pioneering Swiss watchmakers grew into brands. Spring watches gave way to Quartz, electric and then digital varieties. Wristwatches became a designer accessory — Rolex, Cartier, Morellato, Calvin Klein, Citizen, Seiko, TAG Heuer — such high-end brands acquired an aspirational quality.

However, American clock company Timex (then called Waterbury Clock) was the first to venture into children’s segment in the 1930s with their Disney branded Mickey Mouse watches. Timex tasted huge success with this dedicated collection. The trend caught on and children’s watches blossomed in amazing variety of vibrant designs, colours, modern materials and attributes.

In India, wrist watches were the coveted coming of age prize. You got a golden HMT watch as you cleared your board examination.

"But the children’s segment is still the most neglected. It is in fact non-existent," comments Mr Waghmode, a veteran watch retailer in Mumbai.

Indian watch company Titan launched Zoop watches exclusively for children. But this range hasn’t caught on with the customers. "There are too many disposable, non-branded watches available in the market, so who would want to invest in an uninspiring design of Zoop?" asks Waghmode.

Also the liberalisation of the market has brought home a huge range of imported brands of children’s watches. Online marketing offers added variety of brands and the ease of shopping. There is so much to choose from for your little ones. The tantalising variety of children’s watches is like Ali Baba’s cave.

Watch out for

Quality or price. Plastic, resin, gold-plated and stainless steel straps. Digital display or the analogue watch. Shock and water-proof. Toony or trendy, while buying a watch for your child, there is a mind-boggling variety. Following are some tips that can make your watch shopping easier:

Lifestyle

When buying a watch for children, first consider lifestyle — durable or dressy, sporty or stylish — depends on what your child is like. A dancer would like a decorative watch while a footballer would go for a sturdy sporty one.

Age & gender

Girls often like dainty, decorative watches. Pink and flowery — that’s them. Boys go for their fave toons — Spiderman, Hulk or Batman. They like sports watches with hi-tech features. Try the tutor watches for four to six age group.

Strap & the face

Metal, leather, rubber, Velcro or the latest silicone variety - straps add value to the watch. The face of the watch could be big for boys and beginners. For young girls, the face could be smaller. Time now for trying out dials and straps in exciting colours.

Water and shock-proof, indiglow

If your kid is a swimmer or a footballer, go for these features. For swimmers, water-resistant watches up to 50 or 100 metres are recommended. The glow can help them see time in a movie hall or a dark room.

Right price & brand

No price is too big and no watch too small for the apple of your eye! Whether you want to pick a great deal on tele or net shoppe or go scouring stores, depends entirely on how much you are ready to shell out. That will help you pick your brand.

Brand Wagon
Kids watch market is flooded with brands, the leading ones are

Swatch Little Idiot
Swatch recently joined musical artist, DJ and producer, Moby, to produce a limited edition watch Little Idiot, available in a limited edition of 7777 pieces and comes with the prints of Moby’s hand drawn ‘Little Idiot’ character, which has cropped up in much of his music now appears on Swatch watches, giving it a new context. Quirky and clean, this range is for the creatively inclined. And, of course, a collector’s item.
Price: Euros 75 (Rs 5,175)

Titan Zoop
India’s only kids’ watch brand Zoop by Titan, is targeted at kids aged between six and 10. Colourful and affordable in the range of ~300 and ~1000, it has a variety of appealing designs for boys and girls. This pretty pink model has a round dial surrounded with a decorative floral pattern. The comfortable strap is made out of plastic and has large floral prints. It is both practical and good-looking and provides a safe and non-irritating wear for long hours.
Price: Rs 425

Timex Analog Construction
With a legacy of more than 150 years, Timex was the first brand to venture into children’s segment. The Timex Kids Analog Construction from its youth collection has night glow Indiglo, washable elastic fabric strap and a rotating graphic as second hand. The acrylic safety crystal quartz analog watch is water-resistant to 30 metres. Young boys will love this watch.
Price: $23 (Rs 1,265)

Adidas Mini
Adidas was founded in 1948 by Adolf Dassler in Germany. The sports brand diversified into watches that are durable, pocket friendly and fashionable. Their children’s catalogue is not vast but it has a big following. This sporty-look watch in black, set around an LCD display with high-visibility numerals fastens with a sturdy branded strap. A champ’s watch.
Price:£18 (Rs 1,566)

Mondaine Evo Big Date
The iconic Mondaine is considered to be affordable luxury. This iconic brand, which has been crafting timepieces of high quality materials, has an exclusive range of kids’ watches. This model has the traditional analogue displaying white dial, synthetic leather belt and a buckle clasp. With a water resistance of 99 feet, it can withstand rain, splashes of water, and short recreational swimming. An ideal gift for boys, who are non-fussy, with a pragmatic bent of mind.
Price: £165 (Rs 14,355)

Cannibal Kids
The reliable and robust range of Cannibal kids is meant for school as well as play. It has special tutor watches with clear dials and instructions, making it both fun and easy for children to learn how to tell time and read a watch. Splash proof, water proof, sporty and fun - the range of Cannibal watches are gaining great popularity. This rubber model is available in blue and pink with analogue display and water resistance up to 165 feet.
Price: £19.99 (Rs 1,740)

TAG Heuer Formula 1 Chronograph
This Swiss brand has been the official timekeeper of the three Summer Olympic Games of the 1920s and the Formula One World Championships. This high-end brand has a small teen range. This model with red hot dial has luminescent hands and markers, besides titanium carbide-coated unidirectional bezel and three rows of fine-brushed stainless-steel bracelet with diving extension. A young man’s prized possession.
Price: Rs 79,000

Sanrio Hello Kitty
Hello Kitty watch is the ultimate in chic design for the style conscious female. Even the employees of the Sanrio store in New York’s Times Square must address the company mascot, “Hello, Hello Kitty,” and under no circumstances just, “Hello, Kitty.” The Sanrio Hello Kitty graffiti watch has a dramatic wide leather-feel strap with double clasp wide and wide analogue face make this time piece a must-have fashion accessory.
Price upon request

Swatch Flik Flak
Swatch, which owns several Swiss brands like Omega, Rado, etc. has a dedicated children’s range of watches, the Flik Flak. The Hello Kitty Devilish model from Flik Flak is a hot catch. This limited edition has only 20,000 of these scuba-style timepieces geared to children aged eight and above. With synthetic leather straps embellished with ‘Hello Kitty’ in Gothic type and Kitty with the devil’s tail, this watch is machine washable in fabric net.
Price: £50.05 (Rs 4,400)

Frédérique Constant Junior Black Dial Chronograph
Frédérique Constant, the premier Swiss brand, prides itself in its high quality, differentiation and precision in design and manufacture. It has recently introduced an exclusive range of timepieces for young gentleman from 12 to 16 years of age. This elegant, black watch has a calfskin strap and water-resistance up to 165 feet. That it is well-suited for swimming, skiing and parachuting makes it the choice of a fashionable, sporty young man.
Price: £630 (Rs 54,810)

Tikkers Spider
These watches are just for kids. Boys’ watches have camouflage dials, pirate faces or cross bone motifs. Girls’ collection has hearts, bows, butterflies and all things pretty. This eye-catching orange watch has analogue display and a tuneable bezel and the dial features numeral hour markers and a creepy spider good enough to scare away the weak-hearted.
Price: £14.99 (Rs 1,300)

Sekonda Xpose
The Soviet watch company, Sekonda, which was launched in 1966, went on to become the leading watch brand in the UK. Their Xpose line is just for children. With big, round dials, surrounded by wide crenelated bezels marked in five-second intervals, wide Velcro strap — it’s very child-friendly. This casual Sekonda Xpose watch with a blue and black fabric strap is lightweight and water-resistant up to 165 feet, making it a perfect buy for the sporting ones.
Price: £24.99 (Rs 2,175)

Ice Aber Blue Ice-Love
It’s super cool to own an Ice, says 11-year-old Vikram. The biggest rage in the UK, currently, this brand blends traditional style with modern materials and funky designs. Available in a range of bold colours, this blue dial with enamel dial and silicone strap is sporty as well as showy. Its water resistance offers freedom to swimmers. With an acrylic crystal dial that is resistant to shallow scratches, this is low on maintenance. Coming soon, a new range - Ice Tic watches.
Price: £ 80.75 (Rs 7,025)

Seiko Lorus Digital
These watches are created by the Seiko Watch Corporation and introduced in 1982. Lorus’ kid’s selection makes the perfect first watch for a youngster because Lorus never uses nickel in their watches. Lorus has anti-magnetism protections built into their watches for telling accurate time. This pink sleek and smart white dial watch makes an ideal gift for any girl. Water resistant up to 100m and with a two-year guarantee, it is sure to last the test of time.
Price: £16.99 (Rs 1,000)

Lego Make ’n’ Create
Eighty years ago in Denmark, Kirk Christiansen, a master carpenter, started a toy company Lego. Wooden toys soon graduated to plastic injection-moulding machine to make toys. The Lego brick also lay foundation of the colourful make’n’create watches . This fun model, with a water resistance up to 165 feet, engages children in assembling their own combination of colours of the strap, hardy and vibrant.
Price: £ 15 (Rs 1,300)

Nike Triax Roar
The US-based sports brand, which is named after the Greek goddess of victory, Nike offers a range of watches as sports accessory designed to suit an active lifestyle. This twisted-looking dial with quartz movement is available in attractive bright plastic straps — yellow, red, lime green, purple and aqua blue — it’s a style statement of a sport lover. Water resistant to withstand regular swimming and high altitude trekking, this Nike watch will inspire the wearer to ‘Just do it’.
Price: $80 (Rs 4,400)

Casio White Candy
In 1946, Casio took off with Tadao Kashio, an innovative engineer’s calculators. Casio pioneered calculator watches. They were one of the first watch companies to manufacture the now-famous quartz crystal watches. They shot to fame with their timepieces with high-tech features at affordable prices. In the children’s section, this playful range in pristine white with pink candy motifs and analogue display with three hands is attractive for young girls.
Price: $55 (Rs 3,025)

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Bling it on

MASTERPIECES IN CRYSTAL
With Swarovski spreading its reach in India, it is putting out artistic masterpieces that demonstrate the company’s superb craftsmanship. The latest on display is Swarovski Longwang which is a breathtaking, numbered limited edition Chinese dragon, a symbol of power, wisdom and luck. The king of the dragons glitters in rich golden and red tones. The other masterpiece on display is the Crystal Ji Xiang, embellished with 48,670 hand-set crystals. It skilfully captures the jump of two carps, a symbol of prosperity and good luck. If you have moolah to burn go for these stunning pieces.
Price: Swarovski Longwang Rs 10 lakh and Crystal Ji Xiang Rs 9.50 lakh

EYE COOLERS
The Aviators never go out of style and companies never tire of bringing out newer and newer versions. Maui Jim’s new Hideaways are different. They are a midsize, oblong frame with just a hint of the classic Aviator teardrop shape. These sunglasses come in three high-gloss colours – silver, gold and black whereas they have two lens colour options for different light conditions: neutral grey for bright sunny days or bronze for variable light conditions. They give 100 per cent of UV rays and 99.9 per cent of glare protection. And though pricey, they are a durable, comfortable, high-performing sunglass.
Price: Rs 13,920

Bring HOME the Movies
No more rushing through your dinner, no more driving to the movie hall, no more parking hassles, no more battling your way through to the ticket counter, no more glum faces at seeing the “Housefull” sign! With Sony introducing a 4K home cinema projector, you can get real cinema experience at home. The revolutionary new projector offers video quality four times better than HD (1080p). It is not only 3D-capable but also displays stunning images by throwing 8.8 million pixels on to the screen, making it as powerful as watching a movie on the silver screen.
Price: $26,000 (Rs 14.30 lakh)

FESTIVE TIME
Get drawn into the sparkly oomph of the festive season with DKNY’s Sparkle collection of timepieces. With a variety of crystal-studded bezels and gleaming bracelets in luxurious finishes, this collection can be flaunted at any time of the day and at any occasion. In classic feminine designs, this timepiece is for glamorous professional ladies who are up and running all day. An apt gift for the festive season, this works well for both aesthetics as well as utility.
Price: From Rs 7,995 onwards

KEY TO STYLE
There are some companies that push the envelope when it comes to innovativeness. Mercedes-Benz is one of them. The German auto giant has teamed up with Swarovski to create a key for the Merc in a limited edition of 800. Over 200 fine Swarovski Elements sparkle over this luxurious car key which has been initially introduced for the high rollers in Japan as an additional key apart from the standard one. The idea was born in Daimler’s own internal business innovation community. Such has been the enthusiastic response that the company is considering offering this elegant accessory in other world markets as well. Though it would add up
to the cost but what’s a little money when it comes to style.
Price: $475 (Rs 2,585)

BILLIONAIRE’S DOG
The Red Tibetan Mastiff — as the name suggests — originally comes from Tibet. And there’s something very special about this dog. For one, it comes from one of the world’s oldest and most vulnerable breeds. It is said that Lord Buddha had one of these, which makes it all the more special. And it is also the most expensive dog in the world. So expensive that recently the sale of an 11-month-old puppy to a coal baron in China broke all previous dog sale records across all breeds putting this pup in a class of its own!
Price: $1.5 million (Rs 8.25 crore)

YIKE BIKE
It’s the smallest electric bike in the world. It weighs 11.5 kilos and can fold up into a shoulder bag in under 15 seconds. One of the best answers to mounting pollution in cities, the Yike Bike can reach a top speed of 23 km per hour and travel 10 kilometres on a full electric charge. So, experience the joy of gliding down the street on this contraption acclaimed by Time magazine as one of the best designs in bikes.
Price: $4,600 (Rs 2,53,000)

RAISE A TOAST TO THIS SINGLE MALT
It’s a company that has made a name for itself with many highly collectable series of vintage single malts. Now Glenrothes, a Speyside single malt scotch brand from Scotland, has unveiled one of its most exclusive series from the late 1960s and early 1970s. This series of malt comes in an elegant crystal decanter. Want a sip of the super stuff? Better hurry as it is in a limited edition of 179 bottles. Once they are sold out, this special vintage will be no longer available for love or money.
Price: $4,860 per bottle (Rs 2,67,300)

SOUND OF MUSIC
Time was when cassettes reigned supreme and despite their somewhat bad tonal quality they were the best way to store music. Now in the era of iPods and pen drives, the cassettes may have lost their appeal but some of the content stored in them could be of great value. Enter the Cassette- to- iPod converter which can solve the problem. Looking like an old-style Walkman, it has two slots—one for the cassette and the other to slide in an iPhone or iPod Touch. All you have to do is insert the cassette tape, dock the iDevice, and press play. Lo and behold, the device converts low quality cassette music to high quality MP3 format.
Price: $80 (Rs 4,400)

POWER TO YOUR EYES
Having problem reading in semi-lit conditions? What you need is the Infinity adjustable magnifying light that provides distortion-free, illuminated magnification from any angle. Unlike lesser spherical lenses that distort images and cause eyestrain, this magnifier's aspheric lens prevents aberration that distorts images, resulting in optimal clarity from edge to edge. So whenever you want to take a closer look at a rare stamp or a photograph or read some small text just train your eye on this light that doubles the magnification.
Price: $200 (Rs 11,000)

PUMP UP THE SEAT
This is one problem that most avid bikers face — looking for a bicycle pump to inflate the tyres for peak performance. Since a floor pump is too bulky to carry there’s a constant search for shops that have the facility. That’s where the new BioLogic PostPump 2.0 comes in very handy. It has a pump right under the bicycle seat. So, next time you need to charge your tyres just pull out the seat, attach the retractable hose to the tyre nozzle and literally pump your seat up and down for best results!
Price: $50 (Rs 2,750)

GENTLEMAN PREFERS MARILYN’S PURSE
Legends never die. Nor does their memorabilia. Fifty years after her death Marilyn Monroe’s memories are becoming larger than life, elevating her from a glamorous star to an icon who would be remembered for generations to come. Everything from her dresses to her signed photographs and even her chest X-rays are being auctioned. The latest to go under the hammer was the red silk and feather purse featuring her ''MM'' monogram in silver. The purse, which was used by the iconic Hollywood star during the filming of Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, was snapped up by one of her avid male fans.
Auctioned for $25,428 (Rs 13,98,540)

SAY CHEESE TO THIS CAMERA
It’s the ultimate hands-free camera that decides on its own when to click a picture. Called the Autographer, it uses five in-built sensors and software developed by Microsoft Corp to chose the best moment to capture high-resolution images which can number 2,000 in a day. These pictures can be combined to create a visual record of a party or any other event. Originally developed as a memory aid for people with dementia, the camera soon started being used to record special occasions, making it an instant hit in the market.
Price: $650 (Rs 35,750)

HAVE WALL, WILL CLIMB
Don’t have the drive to pull yourself out of bed in the wee hours, dress up and go for a jog? Don’t lose heart. Many of us just do not have it in us to rush to a neighbourhood park or a gym. But Lunar Europe a California-based design company now brings the gym into your home with its Nova Wall, which is both a contemporary wall and also a challenging workout option controlled by an iPhone application. Once switched to the climbing mode, the wall lights up and challenges you to scale it. So go ahead do your workouts in the comfort of your home by climbing your bedroom wall.
Price: Upon request

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