One of the coolest new gadgets on the block must surely be Pocket Digital (Logitech, pound;119), an eye-catching camera the size of a credit card. At barely the thickness of a pencil, it’s light enough to take everywhere and discreetly take pictures to send by email. With a brushed aluminium finish, it has executive looks, while a lithium battery that charges though its PC (USB) cable is a sure sign of good design.

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snap-happy Digital Binoculars

A pair of binoculars might seem an unlikely place to find a built-in camera, but the combination works surprisingly well on the Pentax Digibino DB100 (pound;270), which offers a very reasonable (7x) magnification all cleverly encapsulated into a pocket-able design. You can take in a clear view through the eyepiece or on a flip-up screen, but either way you can snap away by pressing a conveniently placed button. As a world first, the very low photo resolution might be excusable, but nature lovers, among others, will want to keep an eye on this.

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kool Keyboard

For those who have yet to get the knack of taking notes on a Palm-type organiser, the Keycase Keyboard (Logitech, pound;99) looks like the ideal solution. Open the soft, neat protective fabric case and you’ll find a keyboard that docks with the unit in readiness to write a novel.

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stunning storage

The need to carry a life’s oeuvres between home and school or college has long been met by the Iomega Zip 100Mb drive. And now the same company has produced a the 750Mb USB version (under pound;170) with as much storage as a CD-Rom contained in a shirt pocket-sized disc, which costs around pound;11 and is endlessly re-useable. A second solution is a portable hard disk like the Iomega HDD 20Gb (under pound;150 for USB1 or 2). This is a very slick way to carry around everything or simply add more storage. Even larger versions are available and any of them could be just the thing to back up, say, a laptop.

www.iomega.co.uk

soaps while you soak

Tile TV could well be the luxury item you have longed for - particularly if you have a thing for flat-panel displays. Starting at pound;1,000 plus fitting, you can have a television installed flush within your wall, be it bathroom, kitchen or anywhere else for that matter. The unit comes in 6-inch, 10-inch and 15-inch varieties and features a heated screen to keep your viewing mist-free. A must to catch up on Nigella Lawson in the kitchen and your favourite soaps in the shower.

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