I love my sleep, I really do and when I hear the incessant beep beep beep go off or even worse the news I always think, five more m- i- n- u- t- e- s ! Surely punctuality isnt that important.

Anyway this iPod Alarm Clock may be your saviour waking you up with your favourite song or specific playlist, how nice.  It has the all important 9 minute snooze, fits all different sizes of iPods and the speakers are in the traditional ‘bells’ on the top. It’s mains charged too which is always handy.

It’s available in black white or shocking pink and retails at £39.95.

• Size: 14 x 14 x 7.5cm.

The new BOSE SoundDock Portable music system, ooh that’s catchy, not, is a sleek little number, that produces a sound that the manufacturers say blows away all other battery power ipod speakers (then again they would say  that )
 
It uses a rechargable Lithium-ion battery which gives you more music power and a longer playing time.

The ipod dock swivels neatly into the main body of the speaker to protect it when you are on the move and there is a handle incorporated down the back.
 
The great thing about this dock is it is compatible with all nano, mini, photo, and video models, and the system also plays music from your iPhone, very neat.  You also get a custom remote and auxiliary input allowing you to play other portable sources too.
 
It comes in black or white however the only down side is the cost, it ain’t cheap at £299 but it is Bose and you pay for quality.
 
You better update your playlists before you take this one outside!!!

Running out of battery on my phone, iPod or Tom Tom is really annoying whether at home or abroad, but now help is at hand.

With green being the new black the new freeloader portable solar charger means you can power your gadgets without plugging them in so you can tick the box of helping the planet!!

How does it work? well, open up this slim device ,point it at the sun and within around 5-10 hours you have a fully charged device that can power an iPod for up to 18 hours, a PSP for up to 2.5 hours and a mobile phone for up to 44 hours! (neat!)

But I hear you say what with the great British Summer how will I ever charge it. Well don’t worry you can also charge it via a USB cable which will take 3-4 hours.

Once charged the battery will then hold its charge for up to 3 months. Tough, stylish and impact resistant this little thing is also very compact, only 12 cm long, 6 wide 1.5 deep plus it comes with adaptors to charge the following gizmos:

• LG Chocolate series phones,
• 2 adaptors for Nokia mobiles,
• 2 adaptors for Samsung mobiles,
• Sony Ericsson mobiles;
• 4mm straight jack plug for PSP, Tom Tom sat nav, digital cameras etc;
• Mini USB adaptor for Motorola RAZR, Blackberrys etc;
• a USB 2.0 female socket for MP3 players and PDA’s;
• an iPod adaptor;
• an adaptor for Nintendo DS Lite.

If you want in pink then no problem but I think I prefer the grey and it costs around £29.99.