Stories by: Nigel Freitas

A slide-out keyboard, 2.8" QVGA screen, dual band Wi-fi and Bluetooth 2.0 support are just some of the many features you will find on the quadband I-mate K-JAM. Silver in colour and outlined with a black trim, the solidly constructed K-JAM can no doubt survive a bump or two. The slightly raised buttons, rounded corners and large LCD display ensure the style conscious user won't be embarrassed.

The Seagate brand is synonymous with quality hard drives and the 5GB Pocket Drive is no exception to this rule. This compact and round USB2.0 external hard drive unit is small enough and light enough to easily carry around in a pocket or hold in the palm of your hand.

The Motorola C168 is an entry level model phone that lacks the bells and whistles that most mobiles ship with today. It lacks just about everything else as well, making it suitable for absolute novices or those who want a cheap second phone.

If Bond had relied on the Wireless Pencam, he wouldn't have lasted very long.

The SanDisk Sansa c150 is a small music player aimed at the budget market. With 2GB of storage, a colour screen and support for viewing photos, it offers reasonable value for money.

When we first get a product at the GoodGearGuide, we inevitably try to set it up without having to refer to the manuals. This is both to test how easy the set up will be for the average consumer, and also to boost our insufferably large egos as we convince ourselves how tech savvy we really are.

The LeadTek My DigiBank is a small 1.5GB external hard drive with a USB2.0 connection,that is designed for storing personal data.

Jabra traditionally make Bluetooth headsets, so were intrigued when we heard about the SP500 - essentially a Bluetooth speakerphone for your mobile - and expecting big things.

The Sansa M260 from SanDisk is a capable music player, featuring an intuitive menu system, tactile controls and an FM radio.

Does anyone remember the humble floppy disk? Back in our day, these little plastic disks held only 1.44MB of data, yet somehow, we got by. In these days of portable mass storage however, it seems that too much space is never enough. Who wants mere gigabytes when you can now have terabytes? Meet the Maxtor OneTouch III Turbo external hard drive - with a whopping 1 Terabyte (1TB) of space available for all your data storage needs.

At the GoodGearGuide, we loved our tabbed browsers. From Maxthon, Avant to Opera, we think tabbed browsing is a simple, yet brilliant innovation. It seems the only major browser not to support this functionality at the moment is Internet Explorer.