With new, supercharged battery life, the new iPods offer superb design and performance. But compatibility caveats remain.

Nick Ross funtests Apple's latest icon of cool.

Nick Ross ponders a future where 'Apple' doesn't mean 'music'.

Few people were expecting an iPod like this to arrive so soon after the iPod Shuffle.

There’s now very little reason not to buy an iPod. These are simply superb.

A great reason to buy into iPod. It’s good value, though its required accessories can add up.

For the last few years Creative has played catchup to the likes of iRiver, Rio and Apple.

A very fast, well-built high-end PC. But a few niggles and high price keep it off the A-List.

A miniature speaker dock for your music playing Sony Ericsson mobile, that can be connected to other sources too.

Fantastic design and highly-configurable power make this XPS useful, desirable and good value.

The world maps make the 910 good value, but other features seem gimmicky.

Big and heavy but the features this 3G phone sports are phenomenal.

HP is adamant that the digital home of the future (and now for that matter) has a midi-tower PC in it next to the TV.

It's a phone! It's an MP3 player! It's convergence!

Nick Ross is on the show floor in the Thunderdome of component-land - Taipei. Check out the pics.

Read the latest news direct from the show floor at Computex - Nick Ross reports from the heart of Tapei, Taiwan.

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