Apple announces the new iPod touch line-up starting at the breakthrough price of just $199, giving users a great iPod, a great pocket computer, a great game player and access to Apple’s revolutionary App Store with over 75,000 applications. Apple iPod touch features Apple’s revolutionary Multi-Touch user interface, a gorgeous 3.5-inch widescreen glass display, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, and a built-in accelerometer and speaker-all in an amazingly thin metal design that slips easily into your pocket. The 8GB Apple iPod touch is now available for just $199, along with new MP3 player models which deliver twice the capacity for the same price, with the iPod touch 32GB model for $299 and 64GB model for $399.

Apple announce that iPod shuffle, the world’s smallest music player and the first music player to talk to you, is now available starting at just $59 in five great colors. iPod shuffle’s intuitive controls are conveniently located on the headphone cord, letting you navigate and enjoy music without even looking. With the press of a button, you can play, pause, adjust volume and switch playlists, plus the VoiceOver feature lets iPod shuffle speak song titles, artists and playlist names. The new Apple iPod shuffle is available worldwide today in a new 2GB model for just $59 and a 4GB model for $79, and both models come in silver, black, pink, blue and green.

Palm introduced the Palm Pixi phone for faster, more intuitive and personal communication in a compact and customizable design. With the instinctively useable Palm webOS platform, strikingly thin design, a visible full keyboard and fashionable personalization options, Palm Pixi cell phone lets you express yourself in amazingly useful ways. It's scheduled to be available exclusively from Sprint mobile in time for the holidays.

Apple introduced the new iPod nano, adding a video camera, mic and speaker to the world’s most popular music player. Music lovers can now shoot video wherever they are, view it on their iPod nano and use their computers to easily transfer their videos to YouTube. The new iPod nano features an ultra-thin and sleek design with a larger 2.2-inch color display and gorgeous polished aluminum and glass enclosure. iPod nano also features a built-in FM radio with live pause and iTunes Tagging, as well as a built-in pedometer. The new iPod nano is available in 8GB for $149 and in 16GB for $179, and comes in nine brilliant colors including silver, black, purple, blue, green, orange, yellow, (PRODUCT) RED and pink.

LG Electronics has unveiled new home entertainment products at the IFA 2009 that go beyond the traditional boundaries of technology and design. LG’s theme for this year, LIVE Borderless, will instantly make sense to anyone who sees the company’s Borderless TVs, which appear to be a single, uninterrupted sheet of glass. These are the first TVs to completely eliminate the seam between the screen and the surrounding bezel. LG is introducing two Borderless TVs, the LG SL8000 and LG SL9000, which perfectly blend modern style and technological innovation. Their design represents years of research and development.

New BlackBerry Tour 9630 smartphone from Sprint mobile keeps users connected worldwide. Anyone traveling for business or pleasure will want to check out the BlackBerry Tour 9630 smartphone, the international phone featuring 3G technology with full multimedia support, GPS capability, faster browsing, and document editing and viewing capability. The BlackBerry Tour Smartphone can be used across the globe, and is now available at Sprint stores throughout central Illinois and the Quad Cities. The BlackBerry Tour 9630 smartphone is designed for the traveler that needs to stay connected.

HTC Mobile introduced the HTC Tattoo, an new Android Smartphone that brings broad personalization to the masses. With its distinct design and ability to personalize all aspects of the cell phone, from its hardware to its software applications and content, people are able to express themselves and create their own individual mobile experience. "Everyone wants their own phone to feel like it was specifically made for them. The Tattoo, with HTC Sense represents an easy way to shape your own distinct mobile experience and really make it your own," said Peter Chou, Chief Executive Officer, HTC Mobile. "The HTC Tattoo ensures that you can create the most engaging and appropriate mobile experience through simple yet powerful personalization."

GPS handheld devices provide the rambler with a lot of useful information. Also in the field of geo-caching, a number of interesting developments have taken place over the last few years. One of the applications of such devices is auto navigation. When I was asked to review the Garmin Nüvi 1240, one of the easiest car navigation models available, I expected to be done fairly quickly. However, this seemingly simple navigation system proves to have a lot more to offer, in order to make traveling to unknown destinations a lot easier.

• Read our full Garmin car navigation review.

Samsung Mobile UK announces that its Galaxy handset (Samsung i7500) is now available on the O2 network in the United Kingdom through O2 retail stores and O2’s telesales team. The Samsung Galaxy smartphone is the company’s first handset powered by Android, giving customers instant access to familiar applications, as well as access to a range of ever-expanding services being developed for the Google Android platform.

Motorola introduces the Motorola T215 Bluetooth In-Car Speakerphone. Technology should never slow you down when you’re on the road. No matter where you are headed, you can count on Motorola T215 Bluetooth Car Speakerphone. The new Motorola speakerphone offers the longest talk time, up to 36 hours, for a portable in-car hands-free device. The Motorola T215 speakerphone comes fully equipped with Motorola’s world-class audio quality to ensure you have clear conversations while keeping your eyes on the road and your life in motion. A Bluetooth indicator shows when the Motorola speakerphone is paired to the cell phone so there are never any worries about being connected.