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" Panasonic Lumix DMC-LX2K digital camera  Although there are other ten-megapixel point-and-shoot cameras that are smaller, have better menus, and have lenses that fully retract into the body of the camera, the Panasonic produces the sharpest pictures. The Leica lens is supercontrasty, and the chip has a 16:9 aspect ratio, the same as most movies and flat-panel televisions--great for shooting panoramas and group photos. A switch on the side of the camera allows you to change the format to 3:2, a better aspect ratio for printing. $500; panasonic.com.  Canon HV10 high-def video camera  The Canon is a 1080i high-def camera that is as compact as any of the old Hi-8 cameras, but the images from this thing are sharp and contrasty and the colors are saturated and clean. It also shoots three-megapixel stills (stored on a separate SD card). In addition to a sharp lens and very good image stabilization, I found the autofocus to be the fastest I&amp;#039;ve experienced on a consumer HD camcorder. But what really makes the camera great is that this high-def photography comes in such an incredibly small package. $1,299; usa.canon.com.  Sharp Aquos 57-inch LCD TV  Very large plasma televisions are still cheaper than LCDs and usually have a clarity advantage when showing high-speed sports, but plasmas don&amp;#039;t work at the altitude of my Telluride, Colorado, home (10,000 feet). The Sharp 57-inch Aquos is the first supersized LCD I&amp;#039;ve seen that produces great sharpness, color saturation, and surprisingly good blacks. The monitor also has a very fast refresh rate, so even watching the Giants blow another football game looks great on this set. $9,000; sharpusa.com.  Lenovo X60 tablet PC  The new Lenovo is small (13 inches) and has a well-built hinge that lets you flip the screen around and then use handwriting recognition or a virtual keyboard for writing. A sensor knows how you are holding the tablet and orients the page accordingly. I&amp;#039;m consulting on an animated movie, and I&amp;#039;ve been using the Lenovo to draw rudimentary storyboards, typing my notes underneath so people know it&amp;#039;s a picture of a chimp and not a planet (I&amp;#039;m not much of a sketcher), and then e-mailing them to the rest of the team. In addition to Wi-Fi, the X60 is equipped with a built-in cellular modem. $3,300; lenovo.com.  BlackBerry Pearl and 8700  I recently tested a lot of great-looking smart phones, but sadly many come with the profoundly dumb Microsoft operating system. Since Treos are crash prone, I always come back to the BlackBerry. The Pearl is small, but its two-letters-per-key keyboard can be frustrating, so if you want more of a phone than an e-mail device, this is for you. The 8700 series has a full-size keyboard and is a much better phone than the old versions. (It now has call and hang-up buttons.) There is no more intuitive smart phone. Pearl $199 with two-year contract, 8700 starting at $250; blackberry.com.  "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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