The 604's Wi-Fi worked right out of the box, finding our home network and connecting seamlessly. Surfing is via a built-in tabbed browser from Opera. The 604 WiFi has a Windows Explorer-like file management application, enabling you to use the wireless connection to find other computers on the network and transfer files from those computers.

At 9.3 oz. and roughly the size of a first-generation Palm Pilot, this device isn't as pocketable as flash-based audio players, but it's still small enough to tuck comfortably into a briefcase or purse. And its 30GB storage ensures hours of on-the-go entertainment.

-- David Haskin

Music headphones: Shure E500PTH Sound Isolating Earphones

Over the years, we've become enamored with Shure's Ec series of headphones. They seal the ear so outside noise is drastically reduced and allow you to play music at a low volume and still hear everything. Then we found Shure's E500 earphones and were utterly blown away.