It was a consumer electronics playground: digital cameras flashing in one end, 70-inch LCDs wowing eyeballs at the other, and a new video technology so top-secret, no one was allowed to photograph it.

My current phone, the Sony Ericcson T610 has been a faithful and sturdy phone, survivng many a drop at high speeds (15-25mph) from my bicycle. It's been run over by a car, with minor damage to the LCD ...

A digital camera that doubles as an MP3 player? Seems a bit crazy, but in this era of gimmicky technology, someone had to do it. The manufacturer is Fujifilm and the product is the FinePix 40i.