Phones with MP3 players in them are an interesting proposition. Mobile phones have been mainstream for over 10 years now, MP3 players over five years. Many of us already have more than one of each in the backs of cupboards or various desk drawers at home and work.

The device promised by the dotcom age, which we’d use for everything from watching TV, reading books and making phone calls to browsing the web, working and playing games is now a clich√©, both technology vendors and consumers now realising we want different experiences from different tools.

The media control console is attractive and you’ll get a real kick out of manipulating an otherwise flat surface to control chapter, volume and forward/reverse controls. It comes with a host of preinstalled software and if you want full movie or TV playing capability in a mobile computer, you couldn’t do much better right now.