The BBC’s Darren Waters has written about the pros and cons of using a mobile phone as a reporting tool on the dot.life blog. He has been using a Nokia N95 during a reporting trip to California to test the limits of what is possible with these kind of devices. Overall, as I too have found, the video quality of the N95 is impressive, especially in a well-lit environment. The

Lists are always popular so the Online Journalism Review has put together the top nine gifts for online journalists. Among the suggestions are a Belkin Tunetalk Stereo to record interviews on your iPod, a GPS unit from TomTom and, my favourite, a Vespa LX150 scooter. The number one gift, says OJR, the Apple iPhone. No doubt, the iPhone is an object of desire, but I am not sure how useful