The mobile phone that asked to be super sized.

Take a portable media player, add video and sound recording functionality plus a 3.1MP digital still camera and you've got the Richo Vivitar DVR390H.

We road tested the futuristic Azentek SmartMirror and got the feeling that it could be the next big GPS must-have or the next big safety hazard.

This Panny 'corder can shoot stills at a resolution of 4-megapixels, which makes it a match for a still camera

Nokia’s offering feels large but is quite smallfor a 3G phone. It also sports a secondself-portrait camera though this is forvideo calls. Pictures can be usefully stored on aside-mounted Mini SD card.

Gotta love that revolving screen – but remind us again what exactly the point of it is

A great still camera with a decent movie mode. The restrictions on movie length mean it’s only any good for short video ‘snapshots’, though, and not ideal for that holiday of a lifetime

Easily one of the cheapest 60GB hard drive cameras, but its image quality is cheap too.

Too many flaws make this merely a sexy-looking underachiever

The A700 has excellent image quality, but is let down by design quirks and the high price.

A superzoom without stabiliser is like a car without suspension. Prepare for a rocky ride

This is a pretty decent little webcam – it's just that, without games to fool around with, it feels like a low-end PC webcam plugged into your Xbox. EyeToy this ain't

A geotagging GPS that tries to do everything, but overly complicates what should be a simple task of getting from A – Z in a couple of clicks.

At first sight a pocketable gem, this all too often lives up to its budget price

This well-built compact is a solid point-and-shooter, but it struggles in low light

Huge storage for the money, but quality can’t match the more expensive models in this group

3CCD has yet to prove it’s worth the premium. If you want a hard-disker, go for one of the cheaper Everio models

A compact keyboard can’t make up for the confusing interface.

A snappy performer, but let down by a fiddly keyboard.

Poor value and lacks a few high-end features.