Nowadays, men can wiretap their enemies or listen to their favorite iPod shuffles much more discreetly.
Poor Gene Hackman got tangled up in pesky wires in 'The Conversation' in 1974.
When it comes to carrying gadgets, options for guys were once limited to bulging pockets or the man purse (a.k.a. "murse"). No longer. Designers are now making room for BlackBerrys and iPods. London label Thomas Pink has created a nifty way to secret away an iPod Nano in the backside of its Commuter tie ($95; available in navy, red, and pink at
). Dior Homme offers an iPod Nano case ($145;
) in black leather that hangs from a cord and looks a bit like a skinny neck tie.