Firefly  is a cell phone service geared towards younger children, giving them the grown-up cell phone they've been craving without the hefty price tag.

• Small, sturdy frame is designed for smaller hands.
• Speed-dial to Mom, Dad, and emergency numbers, PIN protected phonebook, and optional call screening.
• Easy to use - only five keys.

Hasbro's ChatNow  lets your child text a friend, while saving you a ton of money on traditional text messages. Starting at $74.99 per pair, the ChatNow, which is very similar to a walkie-talkie, allows your child and a friend call and text eachother.

• Each ChatNow comes with it's own 7-digit number, which kids can use as a phone number and call other ChatNow users within a 2 mile radius.
• A ChatNow will hold up to 30 pictures, and is completely customizable.

Get your child organized with Sakar's BlueBerry Organizer,  the BlackBerry designed for kids. Though it lacks wireless capabilities, there are a handful of functions that would make this appealing to most kids. Plus, at just under $20, this is a great tool for any child to have.

• Stores e-mail addresses, phone numbers, and dates.
• Works as a hands-free landline phone.
• Designed for ages 5 and up.

Mattel's JuiceBox Mini-Video Player  should serve as a great tide-me-over before he/she matures and starts begging for a more grown up player. The JuiceBox plays video cartridges produced by Mattel only, which presents a bevy of limitations, but with a separate MP3 adapter, this has the potential to be a perfectly serviceable MP3 and JPG media player for children of any age.

Leapfrog's "Fly" Pentop  pen is easily one of the most innovative and best selling products for kids. With "Fly," you can draw a functional calculator and use it to help you solve your algebra problems. This only scratches the surface, though.

• The pen serves as a great organizer, almost like a PDA.
• Use it for it's dictionary sized vocabulary, and get help with your Spanish homework, or other foreign languages.
• Fly Tones are especially cool. These allow you to draw and use a keyboard and drumset by tapping the keys or drums. You can even record what you play.

Digital Blue's Digital Microscope  allows you to view specimens from around your house and view them on your computer.

• Simply connect the microscope through a USB connection and zoom in on your specimen at up to 200x magnification.
• You can even take movies, pictures, and time-lapse images through your computer.
• Detachable microscope enables you to view almost anything with ease, even if you plan on using it to see the inner workings of your ear.

The Mark-My-Time  bookmark is a great way for kids who read too little or too much to keep track of their reading sessions.

• Built-in timer to show you the length of your reading session.
• Comes with an alarm clock to keep you reading for a certain time, or from reading for too long.
• It's cheap! The bookmark costs about $10 and can be found at Barnes and Noble, Borders and Walden Books stores.

Apple's Mac Mini  is a full-fledged computer that would serve any tween well. Now shipping with the Intel Core Solo and Duo processors, these provide any tween with the satisfaction of having their own computer, while giving you the luxury of knowing that your child won't go out and destroy it like he/she might a laptop.

• Comes with either a 1.5 Intel Core Solo processor or 1.66 Intel Core Duo processor.
• Complete with Apple Front Row/Remote, iLife '06,  and built-in Airport Extreme and Bluetooth 2.0
• Compatible with your old monitor, keyboard and mouse.
• With a 6.5 inch square and 2 inch height, it's easy to fit the Mac Mini into any living arrangement.

The Creative Zen Vision M  is an outstanding alternative to the video iPod and ipod touch, and was even named Best in Show by Cnet.com.

• Zen Vision M supports a large amount of video formats, including DivX™ 4 & 5, XviD3, MPEG-1, MPEG-2, MPEG4-SP, WMV9 and Motion-JPEG.
• 30 GB hard drive holds up to 15,000 songs, tens of thousands of photos, and/or 120 hours of movies.
• 2.5 LCD screen displays over 260,000 colors, and produces great video and picture reproduction.

PalmOne has recently released the LifeDrive Mobile Manager , a great addition to the already vast line of PDAs.

• 3.85 GB of usable space for Word Documents, MP3s, Videos, and even PowerPoint presentations.
• Built-in Bluetooth and Wireless capabilities (802.11b and 802.11g) make it easy to get connected to the internet right from your palm.
• Includes built-in voice recorder, camera, and a high-resolution screen that displays upwards of 65,000 colors.

Nintendo's original "DS, " or Double Screen, proved to be a tad heavy for most gamers. This caused them to re-issue it, this time as the "DS Lite,"  which is 20 percent lighter and only two thirds the size of the original DS.

• Both screens can be adjusted to accomodate different levels of lighting.
• Li-Ion battery provides anywhere between 6-10 hours of gameplay with a 4 hour charge.
• Play online using Nintendo's Wi-Fi connection.

Hands tend to tire quickly when you're doing some heavy writing, so Logitech hopes to make your life easier with the io2 Digital Writing System. 

• With Logitech's Smart Paper, you can take notes digitally and directly into Microsoft Word, Outlook, or Lotus Notes.
• Includes software that converts your handwriting into digital text.
• The io2 organizes your notes and makes them easy to find. Simply enter any word into the io search function, and you'll get a list of every document that contains that word.
• This also allows you to use any drawing or graphic in any application. It enables you to export images at up to 300 dpi, and is compatible with BMP, JPEG, PNG, JIF, TIFF, and EMF.

Perhaps the most popular laptop on the market right now for students is Apple's MacBook.  Replacing the popular iBook and the 12" PowerBook, the MacBook comes with the new Intel Core Duo processor, which Apple says is four times as fast as the 12" PowerBook.

• Comes complete with iLife, an Apple Remote, and Front Row, which allows you to control your media even while you're not at the computer.
• A 13.3 inch screen with 1280 x 800 resolution. This is the first Apple laptop to feature a glossy screen.
• New MagSafe power adapter is magnetic, which eliminates the threat of tripping over the cord and possibly breaking your machine.
• Starting at $1099, this is a great laptop for any student.

Toshiba's Satellite Laptop provides shoppers with a machine that includes what most mobile users demand, but without the lofty price tag. For just over $1100, you can get yourself a machine that will serve you well as a primary computer.

• 1.66 Intel Core Duo processor with Windows XP Home Edition.
• Capable of running Windows Vista.
• 14.1' Widescreen XGA Display with TruBrite™ Technology.
• Huge 100 GB hard drive.
• DVD-SuperMulti drive (+/-R double layer).

Sony's line of VAIO notebooks has been maintained it's popularity over the years. The VAIO FS570  is one of the most popular among students, and for good reason. Its breathtakingly thin design, coupled with an amazingly bright 15 inch display, makes the FS570 one of the more aesthetically pleasing notebooks on the market. The FS570 is also a media workhorse, packing a dual-layer DVD+R Double Layer with DVD±RW2, which allows you record up to 4 hours of DVD-quality video, or 16-hours of VHS-quality video without turning over the disk. It's also capable of running Windows Vista (again, whenever it's actually released to the public).