6 of the best holiday gadgets

1] Archos AV500
(£300) A small TV player with a big screen, this clever box allows you to download songs, TV shows and photos from almost every (legal) source you can imagine. www.archos.com

2] Sound Bag
(£39) With a tough exterior and NXT speakers, this should keep your iPod (even a chunky, old one) safe, while you enjoy the quality sound. www.advancedmp3players.co.uk

3] LG Chocolate KG800
(£270, or free on a contract) Along with its stunning good looks, this ultra-slim phone packs in a 128MB MP3 player, 1.3 mega pixel camera and a decent battery. It’s just about all you’ll want—or need—to pack. www.uk.lge.com

4] Olympus Mju 720SW
(£230-270) A combination of beauty and brawn—with its metal body this camera is shockproof and waterproof to 3m. But it’s so pretty, you wouldn’t want to test it, would you? www.olympus.co.uk

5] Sanyo Xacti C6
(£380) Slim, sexy and a tape-free zone—this may be a light video camera, but it’s no lightweight, with six mega pixel still camera and 2GB SD card. www.sanyo.co.uk

6] Zen Vision:M
(£240) Want to stand out from the iPod crowd? Then one of the bright new 30GB Zen players might do the trick. It holds 15,000 songs, 120 hours of video and thousands of pictures. www.uk.europe.creative.com