Personal gadgets high on Xmas wish-lists

The sweet electronic jingles of new mobile phones and MP3 players will echo through many New Zealand homes this Christmas.

Retailer Noel Leeming says personal gadgets have been top of a lot of people's wish-lists.

Chief Executive Andrew Dutkiewicz says MP3 players like the new iPod Nano have been snapped up at phenomenal rates.

He says although a lot of people already have them, new features have proved a big draw.

He says phones are becoming more of a fashion item these days than simply a tool for keeping in touch.

Andrew Dutkiewicz says shower radios and novelty food making products have also been popular.

-NEWSTALK ZB