It could be a single device with various multimedia goodies: digital camera, video recorder, gaming device, wireless device, and cell phone although knowing Apple's penchant for maintaining simple interfaces, it's also likely we could see a whole lineup of multimedia devices catering to specific niches, complete with a common development platform for the fleet of Alphamosaic-based iPods.

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But Gilder says all of the components and companies are now in place to make the revolutionary step into the age of the "teleputer, " or a handheld device that's a fully functioning personal computer, digital video camera, telephone, MP3 player and video player.

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What's more, the D600 adds the ability to transfer uncompressed video via the HDMI connection, which can then be routed to a digital recorder or similar device.

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