TAKE YOUR SONGS

Take your favourite songs with you as you travel this christmass. The mp3 player can light up those few boring moments of christmass.

Here are some great mp3 players to choose from:

1. APPLE IPOD 30GB BLACK





The 30GB Ipod is a great mp3 player. You can download great christmass releases on your Ipod and listen to them anywhere. This mp3 player has video capability. You can download your favourite TV programmes using the iTunes that comes with your Ipod.

2. SANDISC SMDX4-2048

This may come as a supprise. You know abuot the microsoft zune and the apple Ipod but not the sandisc mp3 player.

This 2GB mp3 player is light and portable and is a great mp3 player.

3. APPLE IPOD 2GB NANO SILVER

This slim Ipod is portable and can be easily carried around. You can in addition to downloading song s watch slide shows. You can also download and view pictures using this cool mp3 player.

4. MICROSOFT ZUNE 30GB BLACK

The latest mp3 player in the market, the zune enables you to wirelessly transfer songs from your zune to a friend.

CHRISTMASS:CAPTURE THE WORLD

Are you planning to go sight seeing this christmass holiday? Then you will not want those wonderful memories of christmass to be lost. A digital camera enables you to capture the world around in pictures. The big advantage of a digital camera over the conventional camera is that you can store and view your pictures with a vareity of gadgets. Laptop, desktops, PDAs, television, MP3 players and a host pf other digital gadgets can be used to store and view pictures taken with digital cameras. In addition if you desire to print your picture, a good colour printer is up to the job.

Here are some great digital cameras that we recommend:

1. CANON POWERSHOT SD600











This is a great digital camera for the armature photographer. It is portable and will not occupy a lot of space in your traveling bag. It can also fit inside your pocket. The canon powershot SD600 digital camera is 6 megapixel camera with 3x optical zoom.



2. CANON POWERSHOT A540












This is another great camera. It is cheaper than the canon powershot SD600 but bulkier and occupies more space.

The powershot A540 is a 6 megapixel digital camera with 4x optical zoom. The larger optical zoom means that you can bring distant obtects closer.



3. CANON POWERSHOT SD700











This is a 6 megapixel digital camera with 4x image stabilized zoom.

WILL THE ZUNE AFFECT IPOD SALES THIS CHRISTMASS

Microsoft has launched its mp3 player called the microsoft zune. The microsoft zune is the latest mp3 player in the market today.

The microsoft zune, like any new product in the market, comes with great features some of which are revolutionary.

The feature that has caught the most attention, is the wireless connectivity of the zune.This makes it possible for you to wirelessly transfer songs from your zune to a friend's so long as you maintain a range of not more than 70 feet.This is a feature never seen before in an mp3 player.

Another faeture that makes the zune stand out is that the LCD display is larger (3.0 inches) than those of its main rival the apple Ipod which has a maximum screen size of 2.5 inches.Hence video can be better viewed with the microsoft zune.


However, with all these revolutionary features of the microsoft zune, the big question is: what will be the impact of the zune on the sales of the Ipod this christmass?

It is obvious that Ipod sales will drop this christmass. This will not be solely because of the great functionalities of the zune, but also because of the marketing budget at the disposal of microsoft.


The Ipod will remain the champion of the mp3 player market place for some time to come, but the zune will be its biggest rival so far.