Surround sound is an important part of DVD movies and the uptake of full surround sound in computer games is increasing. Most soundcards and even integrated sound systems on a motherboard have support for 5.1 surround sound audio, and yet many systems are used with 2.1 speaker systems or with stereo headphones.

The Sennheiser HD800's massive transducers make them the Rolls Royce of headphones. Also in Most Wanted this week, HTC's Dream smartphone, Sony's Walkman W Series and the niftiest gadget we've seen for the Blackberry in a while.

When Sony released its first 'Walkman' back in 1979 the feature it pushed most was 'pocket-sized'.

It may be pricey, but Sony's Walkman is a fine MP3 player and a good alternative to everything Apple

This player has its own speaker which would be handy for instant playback of voice recordings. There is 128MB storage on board, with a MMC card slot, located in the battery compartment. The headphones clip over your ear, and are quite comfortable to wear.

If your compulsion to rock in the early hours is resulting in eviction warnings, the amPlug could well be your saviour

Designed with portability in mind, this notebook is slim, sexy and versatile, enabling basic office usage, DVD playback or even some weekend gaming.

This is not the first CD-ROM-based portable MP3 player from MPZOO Indeed a previous model was reviewed in February of this 2001

With solid-state media still expensive and offering limited capacity, MP3 players with hard disks seem like the perfect solution.

Not worth the extra money for the media ability, but a solid performer

Whether you're after something small, portable and cheap - such as the Creative Zen Mozaic - or something more fully featured, we've got the latest and greatest in portable music on test. The benchmark they all try to meet is the iPod Classic, which at $300 for 80GB of storage and 45 hours of audio battery life is still the clear leader.

Some items just don't fit any other category, but their looks, features or quirkness scream 'Christmas Gift Idea'. From everyone's favourite AI dinosaur, Pleo, to the groundbreaking Tivo PVR, we think we've got a little something for everyone.

If the lack of a display or hold button don’t bother you, this is a superb player

Movie and photo transfer capability, MP3 playback, bearable speakers… this is the best portable gaming machine ever

Absolutely blitzing the field for performance, no other notebook this month could get anywhere near the PowerNote 258SA from Digital Star, despite many trying. Pushing out an absolutely massive 4216 marks, this powerhouse left a 640 mark gap between it and its closest contender, the Toshiba Satellite A30.

As the iPod continues to be enhanced, and storage capacity increased, we had a look at the latest from Apple.

The idea behind a MP3 CD player is probably a little ahead of its time. We first looked at the M3PO a few issues ago (issue 30, p95) and found some criticisms to go with the unit. Those criticisms remain, and we toss in some more with this second look.

Back in February 2002 (PC Authority issue 51 page 42) we ran a comprehensive round up of the latest PDAs in the market, but its amazing what difference a few months make. Toshibas entry to the market, the e570, won the Quality Award, but was pipped at the post by the Palm m125, which won the value award with its extremely competitive price.

One of the plainer drives, it lacks a front audio adjustment dial or headphone socket, but does deliver on fast CD writing without too much damage to your wallet.

Unashamedly aspirational, the Zeppelin has enough sonic talent to justify its price tag