This 160GB hi-fi promises to combine the convenience of digital with the sound quality of a micro system. And it's alluringly blue too…

Well-balanced sound. Capable of going loud without distortion

Small, fiddly remote. CD database out of date

The Fossil Abacus Wrist PDA is a watch but with a complete Palm PDA crammed inside the case and a stylus hidden in the clasp

So small you won't even be aware you're lugging it around. Undeniably clever

Screen's a little too small and bendy to be responsive. No use if you forget to charge