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So where do you turn if you want the DSLR-like ergonomics but you’re not big on the idea of picking which glass will be the best bet on your shoot? Fujifilm has some stuff to show you. New models to the FinePix lineup start out with the S100fd which lays claim to the world’s smallest 12x zoom camera. Hopefully the “Picture Stabilization” will produce crisp looking shots from the 10-megapixels when the lens is racked out without boosting the ISO to grainytown. Moving up the line to the S8100fd gets you optical and electronic stabilization (thank you) on the same 10-megapixel resolution. The top of the heap, though, is the S100FS. You get an 11-megapixel sensor and a 14.3x zoom. Dual stabilization is a given for that kind of reach, and you can crank up the ISO to 6400 by binning down the resolution to 6-megapixels. The $800 price is pretty close to DSLR territory, but like we said, some people like the simplicity.

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At just 65kg the Insanity 749 may look like a kiddie-sized incarnation of a beasty road hog but don’t be fooled, it will take a sumo-sized load of 165kg, or three-and-a-half Victoria Beckhams. We’re still trying to picture that sight, ourselves.

We wouldn’t recommend zipping around the M25 on this mini-moto, but a quick jaunt to the shops will have the neighbours peeking through the curtains with the utmost envy.

The snazzy red-and-white pocket-rocket is manufactured by German company Boehm Innovation – who oddly enough are better known for a range of golf tools – and is available for £849.

See exactly how it measures up in our video clip!

Garmin has peeled back the wrapping on its very own super smart blower, the Nuviphone. The iPhone is clearly in its sights, with a touch sensitive screen and a stack of Apple beating features.

The screen’s a hefty 3.5-inches across, matching Infinite Loop’s effort. However, Apple gets a serious smackdown when it comes to the innards.

We’re talking HSDPA, WiFi and, naturally, full-on satnav, something which Steve Jobs can only dream of.

On top of that we’re looking at complete multimedia maven, with camera and music and video playback.

Okay, we’ve seen so-called iPhone beaters before, but this one really has come out of the leftfield.

Garmin is offering no word when it comes to price, only saying that they’ll be letting it out into the wild later this year.

As soon as we get any more news (and we expect of gossip over the next few months), we’ll be serving it right up to you gadget hungry lot.

This Blu-ray/HDD hybrid cam is a next-gen spinner shooting full 1080 x HD to 30GB hard disk or rewriteable Blu-ray disc.

The two-for-one concept is a smart one. You can shoot in Full HD for up to four hours, trim your masterpiece using the cam’s onboard edit suite, and archive juicy HD fillets to Blu-ray disc for playback. Compatibility issues with standalone Blu-ray players are few and you can also hook the camcorder direct into a HD Ready TV via the HDMI socket. It also works with DVD, so you can slam in an 8cm spinner for standard def movies.

It might have some pant-wettingly exciting tech inside but this big, unsightly hunk looks like a little like a hairdryer. And for all its big talk, video is a massive disappointment. Indoors the BD7 erratically fumbles, with grainy, fizzy images, and a sullen colour perform The camcorders autofunctions are pretty slack, the autofocus desperately hunting for something to snap onto, while the exposure takes an age to adjust when you move into a dark area. Natural light improves matters, but it’s not a great leap, leaving the whole Blu-ray disc experience fantastically underwhelming.