Your Urban Gadget Guide (Part I)

You can't possibly go out of the house without these neat power-consumers:

1. Sony Ericsson w800i - get your grove on with the latest installation from sony ericsson. The new W800i: 30 hours of talktime. 2.0 mp camera with photo/video. 512 sheer megabytes of storage. Mp3 capability. Bluetooth and Infrared capable. 3d Games. What more could you ask for? Rock the house with the new w800i from Sony Ericsson. Available at around Php 24,000 in your selected electronics superstores.



2. iPod Nano - they say that good things come in small packages. Available in 2GB and 4GB packages, this has unanimously replaced every iPod ever released. The reason? it barely fits in your palm unlike that bulky first iPod which should really be named iHard Drive because it's got too much storage and weighs about as much as the hard drive in your computer. It's also gotten the iPod Shuffle and the Mini removed from production. What gadget could better accompany you during those long boring trips in the metro? Sold at 12,990 (2GB) and 15,990 (4GB) versions @ www.villman.com



3. Nikon Coolpix S4 - look beyond the disapponting name to relish the beauty of one of the best consumer digicams available in the planet. Amateur clickers as well as pros will have a field day with this 6 megapixel beauty. It boasts of having 10x optical zoom (so no more moire dots, eh) Additionally, it has Nikon's signature Best Shot Selector (BSS), Macro mode, 4x Digital Zoom, Single AF and Continuous AF focusing, user settable White Balance, Color saturation, ISO sensitivity and Color effects. For further convenience the S4 includes 13.5 MB of internal memory and operates on two AA-size alkaline or rechargeable batteries that deliver as many as 290 shots per charge so that you won't spend more time charging those damn batteries than actually taking pictures. Available at around 22,000 in amazon.co.uk