Think of gadgets and we think small, electronic, attractive and something that makes a statement. Everybody, after all, likes to be seen with the latest ‘must have’ item, so what are the top gadgets on the market at the moment? Here we look at three of the best items, ones that consumers are voting for with exceptional sales across the world.

Starting with the obvious, lets look at the mobile cell phone. Small, functional and considered essential for both business and pleasure, but the top gadget?

The best phone

Yes, it must be, and when it’s the Apple iPhone, it’s one of the best gadgets of all time.

Beautifully designed – and not just for looks, but with a full keyboard for ease of use – the iPhone is slick and simple, with a look that says ‘I’ve arrived’ more than any other cell phone on the market. With capabilities far beyond that of the average cell phone, the iPhone is set to become a design classic and an icon within a very short time of its recent introduction to the market.

The best camera

Next on the list of must have gadgets is the digital camera, an item that has revolutionized our lives in more ways than we may notice. Given the ability to take photos any where, and the portability of the devices on offer, we can record our lives more easily than before, and none does so in a better manner than the Nikon Coolpix S51c, a camera that is both beautiful to look at and use, and that has the added attraction of wi-fi capability, enabling you to send photo’s direct to your PC without cabling.

The digital video camera

A little further up the market from the still digital camera we arrive at the camcorder variety, the doyen of Japanese tourists in America, and American tourists in Japan, that makes every move in our busy schedules recordable and replayable for ever more.

With anti-shake devices turning us all into instant maestros, models such as those in the Sony Handycam range have brought high quality film making to the masses, and everybody can now shoot digital film with absolutely no training in the medium at all.

Of all these items – the cell phone, digital camera and digital video camera, only one can be considered essential in any way – the phone – but it remains a fact that recording images of our lives is becoming more and more commonplace.