Must Have Gadgets for the CEOs

“What is a James Bond 007 without his Bond girls and suave gadgets? And, what is a chief executive officer without his gadgets that make a style statement?”

The CEOs and gadgets go hand in hand given the technological development and its dependence to manage business.

The amount and type of gadgets owned by chief executive officers might vary from one industry to another, as well as by the number of business trips they have to take.

Business travel isn’t all about work, it’s also about waiting either at the airports or at the hotels or even at the conference halls and in transit.

But more than ever, loads of gadgets and new technologies can equip CEOs to deal with nearly every contingency, be it personal or business.

With all the tech firepower available, from smart phones to software to LCD projectors that can pinpoint a complex sales pattern that’s otherwise imperceptible, there are fewer excuses for being less than pitch-perfect in business.

These gadgets help CEOs understand the power of getting closer to customers, keeping their fingers on the pulse of their culture, looking at new market opportunities, getting quick feedback to know what is working and being able to adapt when it is not.

Here is a list of a few gadgets that we call it as the “Must – Have Gadgets” of a CEO:

Smart Televisions

Make presentations on a larger and slimmer screen, Video Conference with your clients across continents using Skype, watch market news, all on one smart television screen that is internet enabled. With the markets being flooded with Smart TVs of various brands, all you need to do is enable net and with a Skype kit and you are good to go.

Laptops

Though there are dozens of laptops hitting the stores continuously but the elite still prefer iMacs to make a style statement. Other than a mac book there are brands like IBM, Dell, HP, Toshiba, Samsung and others which are being sought after.

Tablets

The tablets have become a mix of a telephone and a laptop and are easy to carry which means people prefer to use the 7-inch slates with wi-fi and 3G to check mails and make phone calls whether they are inside their comfortable air conditioned cabins or on the move.

Though there are many tablets flooding the market, iPad still rules the roost. It’s incredibly thin and light yet has a superfast dual core A5 chip and a battery that lasts 10 hours. Over 200 new software features in iOS 5 and it works with iCloud, which stores your content and wirelessly pushes it to all your devices.

Among android based tablets Samsung is ahead of everybody else. Powered by the latest Android 4.0 , Samsung Galaxy Tab 2 connects you with your friends with the convenience of Voice Calling or chat with pre loaded messenger Chat On!

While the iPad and Android based tablets are the most preferred, Windows based tablets are also not far behind them and are promising to make a dent in the leaders market pie soon.

Smart Phones

Think of smart phones and the two brands that come to our minds are Apple’s iphone and Blackberry. Even though iPhone 4S makes a style statement and has a lot to offer, Blackberry stands synonymous for its safety and reliability. And of course there are phones loaded with features from Samsung, Nokia, Motorola and other brands.

“Mobiles are no longer a check-off item. Now it’s, how do we use mobile technology for business value?” said Mobiquity CEO Bill Seibel.

These smart phones not only help one send and receive mails instantly, send texts, make conference calls, video chat but also manage to store hundreds of songs and office data too. With the availability of thousands of apps one can keep a tab on their calories intake, read and watch news or even switch on the air conditioner at home from your work place.

Swiss Watches

When you think of luxury watches, which a CEO wears, chances are you will be thinking of a Swiss brand.

A look at the top luxury brands which are most sought after by the chief executives reveal their cool quotient- Tag Heuer, Maurice Lacroix, Breitling, Omega, Rolex and Patek Philippe.

All these tech toys add confidence; complete the style statement and coolness quotient of the top executive officers apart from the work that speaks for them.