Beamer Videophone Vialta, $319.00, www.vialta.com The Jetsons predicted we'd all be using videophones by now, and while it's far from the norm, it's getting easier and less expensive to do so. The Beamer Videophone works with any home phone (even cordless ones) and lets you see and be seen providing the person you're chatting with also has the same set-up. This isn't the kind of technology that uses a high-speed Internet connection-it works over a standard analog phone line with no service fees or subscription costs and no special wiring or equipment is necessary. The 3.5-inch screen can show you, the other person, or both via picture-in-picture. The future is here-though it means faking a sick day at work is a little trickier to pull off.	Yepp YH-999 Portable Media Centre Samsung, $799, www.samsung.ca The smallest Portable Media Centre (PMC) on the market features a 20GB hard drive to store and play up to 5,000 songs, up to 80 hours of video (movies, TV shows, camcorder footage) or tens of thousands of digital photos. Thanks to the ever-intuitive Windows Media-based operating system and a sharp 3.5-inch color LCD screen, it's a breeze to find and play all of your media. For starters, you can initiate a slideshow set, play your favorite MP3s or access a few episodes of Desperate Housewives copied over from a Windows Media PC. At home for a while? Stuck in a hotel room? Use the bundled audio-video cords to plug the Yepp YH-999 into a TV to enjoy your media on the big screen.

Network Walkman 100 Series Sony, $109.99 to $199.99, www.sonystyle.ca Sony is trying to take a bite out of Apple's popular iPod Shuffle with the company's latest-and perhaps smallest-digital audio player. About the size of a poker chip, the NW-E103, NW-E105 and NW-E107 Network Walkman models weigh less than an ounce and offer up to 70 hours of continuous playback on one AAA battery. Unlike the iPod Shuffle, these tiny players feature a backlit LCD to read track information. The NW-E103 (256MB of memory) and NW-E105 (512MB) are available in blue, red, white, silver and black, while the NW-E107 (1GB) comes in either silver or red and includes a built in FM radio. All players support both MP3 and ATRAC3/3Plus music files, as well as the uncompressed WAV format.

Treo 650 PalmOne, $549.99 with three-year plan with Rogers Wireless, www.palmone.com Smartphones are getting darn smart these days. Take, instance, the latest handset PalmOne-the Treo 650. Canada's first quad-band smartphone that runs on Wireless' EDGE (Enhanced for Global Evolution) network for super-fast download This Palm-powered device includes a still and camera, MP3 player, instant e-mail, instant messaging, web access and the ability to view and edit Microsoft Word, Excel and PowerPoint files. While it have built-in Wi-Fi, the Treo 650 enjoys Bluetooth to use with compatible headsets printers. Other features include expandable memory, a removable and rechargeable battery a high-resolution (320 x 320) color touch- Oh, and did we mention it's a phone, too?