Nokia N-Gage ($129)

Sometimes you want to use your phone to call your friends. Sometimes you want to use your phone to play your friends in a high stakes game of Payload. It’s OK, Nokia understands. The company continues to provide Smartphones™ with superior quality game-friendly features like high resolution wide screens, killer graphics and soon, Nokia claims, Wi-Fi capability. The Nokia N-Gage is the next wave. Fully loaded with 176x208 resolution and up to 4096 colors, Bluetooth wireless technology for gaming, an eight-way directional controller, multimedia messaging, XHTML browsing, and Java application support, the Nokia N-Gage offers serious mobile entertainment in a fun and affordable package.

V-Cast From Verizon (fully loaded in phones starting at just $29.99)

The future of mobile technology has arrived. V-Cast from Verizon uses the power of broadband, with an average download speed of 700 Kbps, to stream everything from video clips, sports highlights, music, 3-D games, news or the latest weather reports directly to your Verizon wireless V-Cast phone. Increased download speed powers your advanced messaging capabilities, imaging, and data transfer functions. V-Cast will change the way you — and the world newly at your fingertips — view wireless.

The Ultra Mobile PC from Microsoft ($2,000)

Built to travel everywhere and do everything, the Microsoft Ultra Mobile PC manages your life on the go. This could very well be the only device you’ll need or want with you when you’re going mobile. Packing a powerful Intel processor, a bright 7’’ display at a brilliant 800x480 resolution, an integrated touch panel, and Wi-Fi and Bluetooth capabilities, the surprisingly light Ultra Mobile PC weighs in at a mere two pounds. This amazing machine, soon to be released, could render your desktop PC a thing of the past. Welcome to the handtop future.