We will admit that the Phillips GoGear Ariaz media player is good looking, but PMP’s can’t survive on looks alone (isn’t that right Cowon s9?). Thankfully, the GoGear Ariaz also comes with up to 16GB of storage, an inbuilt FM tuner, voice recording via a built-in mic and a 2 inch touchscreen with a back-up rocker key just in case touchscreen isn’t your thing (or you have fingers like Shrek).

The previously secret Sony Ericsson Idou was unleashed on the world a day before the World Mobile Congress starts. This means that it’s either so amazing that Sony Ericsson wants all your concentration before you get distracted by other phones to be revealed or, it’s so average that it will be swallowed up in all the telecommunication goodness about to be revealed so Sony Ericsson wants to grab some lime-light whilst it can. With scant information, we’re reserving judgment for now.

The environmental buzz is mighty loud these days and the Samsung Blue Earth solar powered handset is just the kind of gadget they would approve of (although, knowing them, there will be something about the handset that probably totally contradicts their green-values – hard to please those guys).

Headphones come and go but the Ultrasone Edition 8 headphones are a pair we could stick with for a long time. If they sound as good as they look, we’re in for a sweet sound.

The Sony XB (Extra Bass) headphones certainly look dark and moody and with the extra bump in the trunk, should go down well with everyone from hip-hop to house music heads. If you like to be deaf by the time you take your headphones off then this is for you.

The Skull Candy Wooden Earbuds won’t make the audio sound any better but they will make you audio paraphernalia look a lot cooler. The typical Skull Candy quality lies under the wood grain exterior and the only real difference, apart from the wood, is the price.

Applying bling to anything makes it either tacky or amazing; which of these apply to the Swarovski Encrusted Bose Headphones? Hmm, the jury is still out on that one. The underlying Bose headphones are pretty sweet though.

The 4 Leaf iPod DJ Table is one mans heaven and another mans hell and we can see both sides of the argument. On the one hand, you can hook up to 4 ipods to the 4 Leaf (see what they did there with the name? ^^) and go through your playlist like 4 DJ’s at an Ibiza gig with integrated software allowing you to mix, scratch and cross-fade to your hearts content.

The SoundClip automatically boosts your iPhone sound output by a moderate 10db. That’s not too impressive but when you think about all the background noise that interferes with your personal conversation when speaking to someone on the phone outside, that extra boost may be the difference between your doctor knowing about ‘that problem’ and everyone.

Sometimes (just sometimes mind) we like our technology to get a little cute and the iTurtle by Tiger Electronics fits the bill perfectly. Designed to function mainly as a speaker for an attached MP3 device, the iTurtle also pulls out the funky moves when the tunes come on and its shell lights up with an array of colors.