There are loads of MP3 players on the market, but the MX7000 shows some mettle above its rivals. Although it looks like any other portable music player, it's designed to take a beating. According to its South Korean manufacturer, you can throw the MX7000 against a wall and it will still work. The rugged player comes with 512MB of Ram and can play most music file formats.
(Price: about $1,300)
XDA Atom
From the makers of the popular XDA and XDA Mini PDA phones comes an even smaller model. The Atom is equipped with an Intel processor running at 416MHz, 128MB of Flash Rom and 64MB of SD-Ram. In addition to
tri-band GSM/EDGE connectivity and infrared, the Atom features wireless LAN, which the XDA Mini didn't have. The camera has also been upgraded to 2 megapixels, from the Mini's 1.3 megapixels.
(Price: $5,999)