31 August 2009
Profile: Adriana Pricope, OKI: The most useless gadget, a sandwich-shaped memory stick
Adriana Pricope is as early May the new dealer manager of OKI Printing Solutions Romania. In her opinion, the most useless gadget found for sale is a sandwich-shaped flash drive.
1. What gadget's in your pocket, at hand?
2. What was the first gadget you had? At what age?
The first device I recall is a chess game on USB at the age of 24 that allows remote gaming by internet.
3. What was the last tech product you bought?
4. What was the biggest failure in your tech career?
The biggest failure was when my hard disk crashed and I lost many family photos.
5. How much would you be willing to pay for a cell phone?
6. What features would your ideal phone have?
It should be compact, light, with multiple sync options and long-life battery.
7. What was the first cell phone you've used?
8. What mobile phone manufacturer do you prefer?
Even though I’ve used other brands, I remained loyal to Nokia – at least until now.
9. Your favorite tech brand and manager?
10. The most useless gadget you found on sale?
A sandwich-shaped flash drive.
11. What gadget would you like to buy?
12. What type of websites do you access regularly? What is your favorite website?
I go into news websites every day, but I don’t lean towards one site only.
13. What was the last acquisition made online?
14. What is internet to you?
The internet is an ideal communication mean, fast without the restraints imposed by geographic distances, an important source of information.
15. How would a day in your life without internet look like?
16. What do you find attractive in a notebook: its performance or its mobility?
Performance.
17. What communication mean do you prefer?
18. Where will innovation go? What gadget would you create that’s not been made so far?
There will always be room for new technologies. Now, high amounts of money are invested in research and over time, gadgets will be nothing but fast moving consumer goods.
I would very much like to create a Carver One machine that can be transformed in boat car.