It’s tiny, it’s cute, and it holds 2GB of songs. It also has an FM tuner and sneaks in 30 days of Yahoo Music, gratis. It does support a paltry list of formats: MP3, WAV, and WMA, doesn’t record voice (but does have line-in recording), has an itsy-bitsy screen, but hey–it’s tiny and cute. What more can you ask for, especially at $100.

Looks like Blu-Ray may not have things so wrapped up, as Toshiba releases its third generation HD-DVD. The HD-A3x adds 24p support, which has been sorely missed by many, as well as CE-Link. Models range from $299.99 to $499.99, which is more than reasonable, and should be released in the October-September timeframe.

I’ve hanckered for a Toshiba R400 since it was released. It’s a nifty Tablet PC that’s also quite more attractive than my lowly M400. And now, Toshiba has to go and release an ultra-wideband docking station, complete with USB ports, audio out, Ethernet, and DVI. It’s a bit pricey at $500, but it makes me want to run out and buy one of both. If I had the money, of course.

Okay, some things are just extravagant, you know? Almost embarassingly so. Consider the specs on the new Toshiba Qosmio G45-AV680: HD DVD-R3 drive, USB HD tuner, Santa Rosa Intel PM965 chipset, Core 2 Duo T7300, 2GB RAM,  nVidia GForce 8600 GT 512MB, dual 160GB HDD, all current and future wireless standards, webcam, Harmon Kardon 4-speaker system with subwoofer,  and obligatory fingerprint reader. Whew! It’ll cost you: $3,199, but if you’re in the market for the notebook that has everything (except SSD, I do notice), the Qosmio might be your cup of tea.

If Toshiba does nothing else right, it makes a mean ultraportable. Take the R500, for instance, an under-2 lb. system with Core 2 Duo, up to 64GB SSD, all current Wi-Fi flavors, Bluetooth, and a lovely form factor in general. As if that wasn’t enough, Toshiba’s throwing in an HSDPA module (well, "throwing in" might be a stretch, I’m sure there’ll be a cost). Pricing is currently at $1,999, so not the world’s cheapest, but certainly reasonable for what must be one of the premier ultraportables currently being sold.