HTC Touchpro 2: Price: €599.99 (plus €16.90 shipping) Buy: expansys.ie
Another new handset that is wishing to replace something else in your gadget bag, the HTC Touchpro 2 has a slide-out keyboard, so there is no need for that teeny tiny netbook.
The 2.8-inch VGA touch screen provides four times the resolution of most smart devices, making e-mail, documents and web pages come up in impressive quality. It comes with built-in WiFi for surfing the net and there is even a decent 3.2-megapixel camera.
Rubix Cube Salt&Pepper Mills
Price: €13.20 (plus €5.50 shipping) Buy: firebox.com
Yes, this might only appeal to those of you of a certain age and with a very definite sense of humour, but we couldn’t resist these Rubix Cube salt and pepper mills.
Not only do they make your dinner taste better, but they’ll also help you feel good about solving the famed puzzle as just the very top layer twists, making it rather easy.
Vectrix VX-1 electric scooter
Price: €10,700 Buy: greenmachines.ie
Plug this powerful, battery-powered scooter into a standard socket for three hours and it will give you a driving range of around 100km, which is likely to be fine for most everyday commuters.
Best of all, it is very cheap to run and great for the environment.
The scooter’s top speed is 100km/h and, since this is about 10 times cleaner than your average car, you really are doing your bit to save the world.
Nokia N86
Price: €649.99 – handset only (plus €16.90 shipping) Buy: expansys.ie
The idea that you might just take a casual snap with your mobile phone seems to have long since disappeared, and your mobile phone is increasingly becoming something you could perform a full-scale photoshoot with.
The N86 is one such handset. Sure, it does all the usual phone stuff that you have come to love, but this time around they have crammed no less than an eight-megapixel camera with a Carl Zeiss lens in there, auto-focus and a dual LED flash.