Gadget Candy gear round-up - April 2007

Jessamy Hawley from the girl's gadget website GadgetCandy.com gives us her round up of the latest innovations which might appeal to us snow-lovers.

Prices are in British pounds but check the local links on these websites – and local retailers – for prices where you live.

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Olympus MJU 770 SW

Impress on the piste with this metal-bodied compact. The 7.1-meg snapper is waterproof to 10m, as well as freeze-proof, crushproof and shockproof, yet lacks nothing in refinement. It takes nice shots, too, and builds in BrightCapture low-light technology, a 2.5-inch screen and a 3x optical zoom. Nab one in titanium grey, midnight blue or mocca brown.
€440; www.olympus.co.uk or www.olympus.com

iHome 2Go iH19

This 'Pod player is water-resistant so you needn't worry about knocking your glass of Gl?ºhwein over onto it. Available in pink and black, the dock runs on four AA's or the supplied travel adaptor ‚Äì in which case it serves as an iPod-charger too. The iH19 is fitted with twin strontium micro drivers (or speakers, if you will). Plus, there's space inside it for a ski lift pass.
£60; www.ihomeintl.com

Samsung YP-K3 MP3 player

A great musical performer with slinky looks, the K3 is the perfect ski slope companion. It packs a 1.8-inch screen, touch-sensitive controls and an FM radio into a frame that's just 7mm skinny. The trendy tune-boxes have recently been made over with a fresh lick of paint in green and red and, along with the original piano black model, look a treat. They've also been given a memory upgrade, and there's now an 8GB flavour to covet. Mmm.
2GB (£90); 4GB (£120) and 8GB (£160); www.samsung.co.uk or www.samsung.com

Parrot 7-inch photo viewer

Wave au revoir to icky wires and memory cards: this photo viewer sucks pics straight from your Bluetooth-enabled mobile phone, digicam or PC. Simply plug in the frame, connect your Bluetooth widget of choice and start firing over hilarious pics of you and mates on the piste – it's that easy. The plush photo viewer totes enough internal memory to hold 500 photos, and lets you create slideshows on its 7-inch screen. Then there's that stylish leather frame…
£119 (€175); www.parrot.biz

Sony Ericsson K810 Cyber-shot phone

Want a phone that's a photo-whizz on the side? Sony Ericsson's latest Cyber-shot mobile packs a 3.2-meg snapper into a frame that's skinny enough to get lost in your pocket. The blower also builds in auto focus, Xenon flash and photo-fix software that lets you tart up your pictures without dumping them to PC. It'll be hitting the high street in August in 'golden ivory' and 'noble blue'. You'll drool over it too, we promise.
Priced from free on contract; www.sonyericsson.com

PursePal Handbag Light

We're rattling our spears in appreciation of this lady pleaser. Here's how PursePal works: you're in the dark, and you need to retrieve something from your overstuffed tote. A nightmare scenario normally, but clip this LED light inside your arm candy, click it on when needed, and handbag illumination will be yours. They also look wonderfully chic, with gleaming fascias in pink, black and blue.
£18; www.boutiquetoyou.co.uk