Sony’s long-awaited response to the Nintedo Wii remote has finally arrived in New Zealand, after many long months of waiting.

The Sony PlayStation Move can be used to play games that involve sports and other movements. It’s expected that up to 30 games will offer support for the Move by this time next year.

The devices uses accelerometers, gyrometers and magnetometers to track the user’s movement. The coloured bulb on the end of the Move also works with the PlayStation Eye to further refine accuracy and responsiveness.

The colour of the bulb can be customised by game developers and the shade can even change to better communicate with the PlayStation Eye - for example, if you’re playing in a room with blue furnishings, the shade will change to something different. Up to four Move controllers can be used with the Sony PlayStation 3 at one time.

As well as motion control, Sony has also equipped the Move with the typical physical buttons for gameplay as well as a trigger button on the bottom plus the PS Home button. Physically, it’s comfortable to hold and play with - something of a must if you’re given to gaming for long stretches of time.

Also excellent is the Move’s motion control capabilities, which are arguably better than that of its Nintendo rival. Unfortunately, the package is let down by the small selection of game titles available on launch, although as mentioned above, this is expected to increase in the coming months.

With all the hype surrounding the iPhone it’s easy to forget that Apple makes other products too.

But there was life before the iPhone - remember when the world fell in love with the iPod? And the latest generation Apple iPod Nano proves that the manufacturer can still wow us with its flagship MP3 player.

The most obvious difference comes in terms of appearance. The sixth-generation Nano is far more compact than its predecessors - in fact, on first sighting it, you’d be forgiven for thinking it’s an iPod Shuffle. It weighs in at just over 20g and can clip onto your clothing, which is handy for when you’re exercising.

Despite the smaller size, Apple has fitted out the new Nano with a 1.54-inch TFT screen with 240×240 pixel resolution. You can change the screen orientation by using the multi-touch controls.

However when you shrink a product this much, something has to give, so Apple has removed the video camera from the fifth generation Nano. Thankfully, other features such as FM radio, voice over and pedometer are all still there.

The sixth-generation Apple iPod Nano sells for $249 for the 8GB model and $299 for the 16GB model.