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Email to a friend Printer friendly Font: * * * * Integrated Wi-Fi means you can surf the Net while in a hot spot or wirelessly download music from the iTunes store. About half as thick as the iPhone, yet sporting the same 3.5-inch widescreen, the iPod Touch offers an impressive 22 hours of battery life for music playback.

For the directionally challenged: If you think all GPS navigation units are created equal, check this out: The TomTom Go 920 ($699.95; www.tomtom.com) lets you input an address you want to travel to - with your voice. Yep, instead of using your fingertip to type in a destination in Canada, the U.S. or Europe, this mobile unit lets you speak into it with its “voice address input” feature (yes, you can use your finger if you prefer).

A built-in FM transmitter means you can opt for real-time traffic updates (about $60 a year, in select cities) to avoid congestion caused by an accident, construction or volume. As with other GPS units, this model helps you navigate from Point A to B with turn-by-turn instructions and offers millions of “points of interest,” such as restaurants, hotels and gas stations.

For hockey moms and dads: While slightly larger than those super-slim point-and-shoots, the 8.1-megapixel camera Panasonic Lumix FZ18 ($499.99; www.panasonic.ca ) packs an incredible 18x optical zoom, so it’s perfect for capturing a child’s face as they score the overtime goal to win the game.