Beware the evils of the inbox

Technology has shrunk the world but, according to one sceptic, the social and literary costs are high.

Gadgets

The iPhone 3GS must be about the sexiest gift you could find in a stocking. With that lovely touch-screen interface and enough smarts to make you forget to use it as a phone, Santa is going to have trouble letting go. Store your entire music collection, download whole films from iTunes to watch, capture and edit video, browse the web, find your way using GPS navigation .... And that's even before you start downloading those glorious time-wasting apps.