PlayStation Portable Sony, www.us.playstation.com, $299 Nintendo's handheld gaming monopoly is now officially challenged by its longtime console competitor, Sony. The PlayStation Portable (PSP), dubbed the "the Walkman of the 21st century," plays video games with PS2-like graphics, as well as movies, music and slideshows of digital photos. This slick device, which features an 11-cm widescreen display, also houses built-in "Wi-Fi" for wireless multiplayer gaming, a USB 2.0 port for high-speed transfer (to and from a PC) and a memory stick slot for additional media. Gamers control all the action with six buttons and a multidirectional analog stick. The $299 price includes a carrying case, 32MB memory stick duo card, headphones, battery pack, AC adaptor and demo discs.	VistaFrame Digital Picture Frame Vialta, www.vialta.com, $379 Why shove a single paper photo in a picture frame when you can have more than 100 of your favorite digital pix rotate every few seconds, minutes, days or weeks? That's the premise behind the VistaFrame, a new digital photo frame with a 16.3 cm TFT LCD color display to show off your precious memories. Unlike other models, this product lets you snap in your camera's memory card to initiate a slideshow, therefore no computer or Internet connection is required. This AC-powered frame is a breeze to set up-whether you're keeping it on your desk or hanging it on a wall-and is compatible with most memory card formats.

Razr V3 Motorola, www.motorola.ca, approx. $500 with three-year plan from Rogers Wireless If slim is in, then the new Razr V3 is the en vogue handset to own this year. Motorola's latest is just 1.39 cm thin, 9.8 cm long (when flipped open) and only 5.3 cm wide (about the width of a credit card). Despite its compact size, this GSM world phone is packed with features including a VGA digital camera (with 4x digital zoom), Bluetooth connectivity for wireless headsets or printers, and the ability to download and play MPEG4 video clips and 3D graphics on its large screen. Love text messaging and web surfing? Users will dig the smooth metallic finish and etched keypad created from a single sheet of nickel-plated copper alloy.

Sound Blaster Audigy 4 Pro Creative, www.creative.com, $399.99 If you take your music, movies and gaming very seriously-and if, like millions of Canadians, you seem to be turning to your PC for it all rather than your TV-then Creative's latest high-end sound card is for those who want the very best in audio entertainment. The new Audigy features ultra-high quality 113dB SNR Digital-to-Analog Converters (DACs) and an external hub that sits on your desk for studio-quality connections. And if you have the proper speaker hook-up, your movies, games and music will enjoy six-channel, 24-bit surround sound-all controlled with a wireless remote. Hey, it's also perfect for music creators, producers and remixers.

Digital Entertainment Centre HP, www.hp.ca, starts at $1,999 Consider it a PC for your TV and so much more-the Digital Entertainment Center (DEC) is a fully functional desktop computer with a wireless mouse trackball and keyboard for your coffee table. As with your den-based PC, you can surf the Web, send and receive e-mails and instant messages, play computer games or work on productivity programs. But because it's a family-room PC there's a lot more it can do. The DEC, which runs on the Microsoft Windows Media Center Edition 2005 operating system, has a huge hard drive that doubles as a Personal Video Recorder to store hundreds of hours of television programming. It also has a DVD player and burner, FM radio, 9-in-1 memory card to display photos and integrated 802.11g connectivity so it can join your high-speed wireless home network.