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In a time when most radio stations are play-listed it's refreshing to stumble across a new artist though it's not always easy to do so. Many people have busy lives and getting to see smaller gigs at intimate venues can be very difficult.

So thats why the 'Slacker internet radio service' has been heralded as a breakthrough by many top gadget publications.

Punters in the UK are still waiting on it's wholesale release here but if it's half as succesful on this side of the Atlantic as it has been in the United States then it's sure to be one of the buys of 2008.

The slacker is a portable media player which uses a wi-fi connection to help you discover new bands and musicians. It's being touted as the world's first personalised portable radio player.

It works by downloading new songs to your player, based on your music listening preferences, each time you enter a wi-fi hotspot or connect the device to your computer.

You can have 40 different "radio stations", holding up to 4,000 songs, on the player, which comes in 500MB, 1.5GB and 4GB flavours.

With the slacker you won't feel outdated on the music front and can shock your kids by letting them in on the next big artist before he, she or they make the big breakthrough!

What a difference a week makes?

In seven days the focus of gadget lovers in the U.K has switched from Apple's iPhone to Amazon's portable reading device - the Kindle.

If the former was well received by most the jury is still out on the latter.

So what is the Amazon Kindle and is it worth the hefty price tag of £194?

Well the wireless electronic book reader is paperback sized and it can store up to 200 books in it's onboard memory.

Content arrives to the handset via wireless and so it doesn't need a PC to be loaded with books, newspapers, personal documents or even blogs. 

At £269 a pop you'd want the Apple iPhone to be everything you dreamed it would be and more!

Not just a mobile phone, MP3 player and e-mailing gizmo combined Apple are at pains to point out that this latest piece of technology is unique for many reasons.

CEO of Apple Steve Jobs (Left) stresses that navigation is easy and overall the iPhone is  ultra easy to use.

Features include  touch activated calling, Visual voicemail, easy to use qwerty keyboard for text messages and e-mails and a 2 mega pixel camera.

The need for a seperate Blackberry, iPod and mobile phone has now been eradicated thanks to the iPhone.

However not everyone is convinced.