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The Digital Holiday Shopping List

What cool tools will you give this holiday season? Which ones will you ask for? We have ideas for everybody, from gadget freaks to audiophiles.

Michael S. Lasky and the Editors of Digital World

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BlackBerry á La Mode

Photograph: Marc Simon
Known for its real-time, no-delay e-mail--anywhere capabilities, the BlackBerry PDA has drawn a cult following. The new $199 BlackBerry 7100t cell phone should transform that into a mass following. Besides supporting T-Mobile phone service, it handles personal and corporate mail, instant messaging, Web browsing, and PDA functions. This Swiss Army knife of phones really cuts it.

One thing we'd change: The hybrid qwerty keyboard/phone pad can be daunting at first.

Tinier Camera, Bigger Screen

Photograph: Marc Simon
It's funny how much difference a big, bright LCD can make. The 2-inch screen on the $399 Canon PowerShot Digital Elph SD300 makes picture-taking easier. And belying its small chassis, this Elph has enough power to please most users: The SD300 offers 4-megapixel resolution, 3X optical zoom, and fast start-up; and it captures VGA-quality video at 30 frames per second.

One thing we'd change: Some of the camera's buttons are so tiny and tightly packed that they can be hard to use.

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