Like its competition from Samsung, the device also has access to the Android Market and all those apps that lesser PMPs lack.

ENGADGET: Philips GoGear Connect gets Gingerbread and some new threads, we go hands-on

The P7 will be available in 4, 8 and 16GB Nand flash models, making the player slimmer and lighter than HDD-type PMPs, and also more durable.

ENGADGET: 4.3-inch P7 highlights iriver's CES 2009 PMP lineup

For alternate methods of routing audio through the device, there's a USB port that can play digital audio files straight off of various PMPs and USB thumb drives.

ENGADGET: Eclipse's AVN 2210p apes TomTom One's portable style

Given the number of DMB PMPs we've seen lately, including some with DVR-like functions, we'd say an IPTV VOD DVR PMP is an idea whose time has come.

ENGADGET: Japan's NTV shows future of mobile TV

Philips has been keeping things relatively simple with its GoGear line as of late, but it looks to be getting back to full-on PMPs with its latest pair: the GoGear Ariaz and GoGear Opus.

ENGADGET: Philips debuts GoGear Ariaz, Opus PMPs

Two hooked up Philips PMPs.

ENGADGET: Philips' CES booth tour

The folks at Digital Cube might not be willing to do something so silly as attach a keyboard to one of their PMPs, but they've apparently done just about everything else to prep this i-Station T43DIC for the exciting life of an electronic dictionary.

ENGADGET: Digital Cube gets an i-Station dictionary gig with the T43DIC PMP

Progress takes time so for now check out a list of HANA's 17 other new members after the break and dream of a day when your HDTV, AV system, set-top box, DVR and PMPs can join hands as sisters and brothers throughout the house with no new wiring or extensive setup necessary.

ENGADGET: HANA adds Cablevision & 17 other new members, demos connectivity

Creative's Zii EGG may be snagging the majority of headlines for the company these days, but it looks like it's not about to let its regular PMPs fall by the wayside, and it's now announced its new Zen X-Fi2 player that ditches the few buttons found on the original Zen X-Fi in favor of full touchscreen controls.

ENGADGET: Creative announces Zen X-Fi2 touchscreen PMP (video)