Apple's iPhone might be quite an expensive option, but if you're looking for a present for a particularly special occassion, the iPhone might be an excellent choice.

An iPhone can do everything a usual mobile can do, making calls, texts, etc. as well as being able to do everything a mobile browser can do (such as checking emails, going online, etc). In addition, the iPhone boasts numerous other features including a 3 mega pixel camera, touch screen, video camera and much more. One of the gadgets' major features is also a built-in iPod, meaning the owner can use to it store and listen to a huge amount of music, as well as podcasts, radio, etc. and store and watch films and TV shows..

Where the iPhone really shines however is with the applications you can download and use. The apps are developed by Apple themselves, but also by large and small developers. There are a huge number of them and they range from addictive games and useful applications for a myriad of different purposes. The appsrvary in price, from totally free to a couple of hundred pounds, depending on the complexity of the app.

This means you can purchase the phone and pre-download applications you think might be useful to the person you're buying the phone for, meaning you effectively end up with personalised gifts. For example, if you're buying the phone for someone going off to university, you could download applications that give you train times and schedules, a map application, one for finding the cheapest priced food and clothes, a television application, skype, etc. So you end up giving them something far more thoughtful and useful than just a phone.

The iPhone is quite expensive, but is suitable if you're after presents for someone graduation or for 18th Birthday gifts. If you purchase them on pay as you go you will have to pay for the phone, but if you're happy to take out a reasonably affordable monthly contract you'll be able to get the phone for free.