Get Gadgeted this Diwali for under Rs. 10,000

The festival of lights is almost upon us and it's time to break open those piggy banks, get your cheque books prepped and ready for the big spend. There are gadgets galore out there and plenty of options in all budgets. What we've put together for your perusal are a bunch of best gadgets we could come up with in variuous budget categories. In our first segment of this series of articles, we'd like to start off with a Rs. 10,000 budget. We've crammed the list with devices you can get and will still leave you with a few Rupees left over. So take a look at what gadgets you can get within Rs. 10,000.

Nokia X2-01 (Rs. 3,300)
For the festival of lights this year we’ve chosen a mobile that’s designed to offer users comfort of use as well as some pretty decent features for the price. With its sport look and curved rear panel, handling and portability are a non-issue. The QWERTY keypad is soft and easy on the fingers enhancing speedy typing. Nokia’s X2-01 also offers quite a wide range of functionality from above average music quality to a well-designed user interface designed for easy access to all you need. It even performs well on the camera and battery front and is, overall, a well-rounded piece of mobile hardware in this price bracket.

Loud, clear, bright and colorful

Seagate External Portable Hard Drive 500GB (Rs. 2,500)
So when you have roughly Rs. 2,500 to spend on yourself or a gift for someone else, one of the last things that might come to mind might be a hard drive, a portable one to be specific. Now, drives with 320 and 500GB capacities can be bought for roughly Rs. 2,500 in the market. Brands such as Seagate and Western Digital have plenty of options in terms of capacity but more feasability and value for money lies in the 500GB capacity. For example, the Seagate External Portable 500GB (available on Flipkart) sells for Rs. 2,559. Now, 500GB is a lot of space to store movies, photos and your favourite music with you. Install a portable operating system on it or even portable apps and you can use your own personalized operating system wherever you go.

Plenty of space for your memories and more

Logitech MK260 Wireless keyboard and mouse (Rs. 1,250)
It’s that time of the year again when you get the official license to spend. So what better way to splurge your cash this Diwali than upgrade your computer to a wireless keyboard and mouse combo. Logitech has launched the MK260 wireless keyboard mouse combo that is stylish and most of all convenient. This combo features durability, eight hot-keys, is compact in size and has an easy to configure plug and play feature. Another neat feature of this pair is that it has 2.4GHz wireless connectivity where you can be as far as 10 meters and still have the ability to perform. The Logitech MK260 sells at a street price in India of Rs. 1,250 and this will be a nice way to add a new look to your desktop PC this Diwali.

Go wire-free this Diwali