Devices/Companies to watch (from TechKnow/PopularScience):

Panasonic e.Wear Digital combo ($450). A camcorder, camera, audio player, and voice recorder in one. Equally diminutive is Panasonic's prototype photo and video player (bottom).

Kenwood Sirius radio boombox ($400 to $500). Available this fall, it offers CD-quality sound from the sky anywhere you go

Danger Research Hiptop. With this $99 device, Danger hopes to bring PDA-cellphone combos to the masses.

Moxi Digital Media Center. This nondescript black box, to be distributed by satellite and cable companies, delivers DVD-quality movies, MP3s, and Net access to any room in the house—with or without wires.