Now if only more smartphone developers could put a 3.5mm headphone jack onto their devices, I wouldn't have to go spend another £5/£10 to buy mini-USB headphone and USB socket splitters so I can use a pair of regular headphones with my handset!

Good news though, I suppose. HTC's used Mini-USB for a while now, and I don't really carry a wall plug around at all now unless I know I'm not going to have my laptop with me for charging. Which is, of course, never.

Hah, I've had this problem with some of my vinyl in the past - the glass trick or just two heavy books (encyclopaedia work really well for this) placed judiciously for a few hours work very nicely in all but the most extreme of cases.

I'd consider $1500 for a quality turntable, but paying that for what's really nothing more than a custom-sized trouser press?

Erm... I think I'll pass on this one.