Dumbo, Gary Lineker, HRH the Prince of Wales, Martin Clunes and Noddy. What do all these people have in common?Apart from being celebrities in their own right, they all have big ears (in Noddy’s case the kidnappers promise to give him back if he pays the ransom).  Enormous antennae.  Astounding audio receptors. Ludicrously large lugs.

What they all need and have been waiting for is giant earphones!  Based on the design of those little white bud earphones that are the scourge of public transport, these gadgets are 500 times normal size versions.They can make a super funky set of desktop speakers or can be worn by a select few who have a really, really, big head and the lobes to match.You get the battery pack (although you will need 3 x AAA batteries to get going), a jack to jack cable and a jack to USB cable.

They could be the perfect gifts for him (because as every woman knows all men are swell-headed).The speakers can be powered using batteries, a PC’s USB port or via mains power and are compatible with all the most popular iPod models, including the Shuffle, Nano, first and second generation versions of Touch and of course, the iPhone. Now that entire technical stuff will appeal to blokes, because they don’t really care what or who they’re listening to (aside from john Motson, who deserves undivided attention obviously) as long as it’s in decent stereo.

These are also the ideal gifts for her (because as every man has been told, women are so very good at listening).Many maintain that the reason women have the listening faculty more than men is because blokes lost it through the long engrained habit of striving in business and the need for self-assertion. The more forceful the man, the less he listens.Anyway, what was it I was saying?Of course, sorry drifted off there.  Complete with a built-in amplifier, these Giant Earphone Speakers produce a decent sound and look deeply cool and you can still use them on the bus or the train if you fancy a seat to yourself!

Now that we have left the ‘naughties’, there are a myriad new gifts and gadgets on the market for the new decade. A basic PC or DVD player were the items of choice a decade ago. These are old news these days however and have been replaced by smaller, more digital products like video streaming boxes and netbooks. If youre looking for the best gifts for men then youll need to get with the times and find out what is really in vogue right now.Below are some of the most desirable products that will be on the shelves in 2010.

Micro RC Helicopter. Its difficult to see what is so advanced about a micro helicopter when compared to the old larger modules, but believe it or not they are completely different. You used to have to save up for years to afford an RC chopper, and you practically needed a full pilots licence to keep them in the air. You wouldn’t even dream of an RC plane as these were even worse. You can fly micro choppers however in pretty much any room of the house and the good ones can be controlled by even the most malcoordinated of users. All you need to look out for is braking a light or sharing the daylights out of the cat.

Next Gen Smart Phone. 10 years ago a phone was just that, something to make calls with…but now they do pretty much everything we desire. We can now browse the internet on phones, send and receive email, play games and even find our way via GPS. However, technology does not stand still and men especially want the most up-to-date gadgets to play with. Look out for more phones incorporating mini digital projectors, night vision recorders and even telescoping lenses attachments.

Netbooks. As with all gadgets, computers are getting smaller all the time. The laptop started to get so small that people decided to call it something new, and so the netbook was born. There used to be a large divide between the functions of laptops and the newer netbooks, but these differences are becoming less and less notice and it likely they will soon merge into one product again. Reductions in weight and increases in battery life are just some of the developments planned for a number of netbooks.