It certainly won't replace the iPod in your pocket, but it plays music, games, DVDs, can act as a mobile phone, connects to the Internet via wi-fi and has Bluetooth etc etc.

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Today the Apple iPod (pictured left), elegantly designed by Apple's Jonathan Ive, measures only 4.02 x 2.43 x 0.78 inches and weighs in at a mere 6.5 ounces, but it will let you carry up to ten hours of music in your hip pocket.

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Sure, millions of songs in your pocket has changed the way you listen to music, but can you figure out what to play on a lazy Sunday afternoon?

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It's difficult to explain just why we do it -- why having a very basic camera in our pocket compels us to shoot photos and videos of live music that, deep down, we know we'll never look at.

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He had a small packet of cannabis in his pocket and that must have made him even more nervous. 10.37.17 Music 10.37.19 David Akinsanya For whatever reason, TJ took off as fast as he could.

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Meanwhile, Apple's pocket-sized touch-screen devices, the iPhone and iPod Touch, have taken off as music and video players and hand-held games consoles.

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There's a moment in a New Orleans club when the drummer's in the pocket, the sweaty crowd is gyrating and spilling out into the street and the bandleader pushes the music relentlessly faster like a potter spinning an enormous wheel.

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