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Compiled by CIARA O'BRIEN

Panasonic Lumix GF3

From €449

The Panasonic Lumix GF3 manages to pack a lot into its compact body. The companys latest camera is small and light, but still has interchangeable lenses and gives you more control over your images.

It has got all the technology you need to almost guarantee perfect images – a 12.1-megapixel Live MOS sensor, motion detection, facial recognition, blur reduction and intelligent scene selection.

It also offers you the chance to shoot full HD movies, with auto focus and auto focus tracking and touch control shooting for still images. It even allows you to shoot still images in 3D, when using the 3D 12.5mm/F12 lens.

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Native Union Moshi Moshi 04i

€196

An iPhone dock with a difference, the Moshi Moshi 04i not only allows you to play music, but also to make and receive calls, charge and sync your device too. It has a wireless handset on the base station that you can use for private calls, or you can use the dock for a conference call. You will get about six hours of talk time out of it and it comes with essentials such as noise cancellation.

Up to two Bluetooth-enabled devices can be connected at any one time, which means you could hook up your laptop to it and use it for Skype calls. As a speaker system, it works quite well. The dock has two 2-watt speakers that will give you decent sound.

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Incase Flex Wristband

$49.99

As iPod Nano bands go, this is one of my favourites. Apple’s shrunken media player is ideally suited to multi-task as both your music and timekeeping device, as long as you have the perfect band to attach it to.

The Incase Flex Wristband fits the bill. The 6G Nano will snap into the matt effect flexible steel band easily. It’s got an open-sided design so you can still access the headphone port and the charging connector without removing the Nano from the band. Most importantly, it is secure – and, you have to admit, it looks good.

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