The Age Of Wearable Computing

Well, I'm done. I've been at it for over a week now, but I think I've finally comprised a wearable platform which is capable of doing whatever I want, whenever I want it.
A few small issues remain, but I don't think they're unsolvable. The entire package (excluding the bundle of wires) shouldn't weigh more than 3 kg.
In a later stadium I'm hoping to port everything to Linux, however, at this point I'll be happy to get it all working properly in Windows :-D.

Laptop	black Sharp Mebius Muramasa	The core of the platform. Featuring: 1 GHz TM8900 Efficeon CPU 512 MB RAM 20 GB harddisk 2 USB 2.0 ports 1 CompactFlash port 1 SD port WiFi built-in 7 hours of battery life (acc. to Sharp) size: 10"x6.2", weighing in at about 1kg
Extra Ports (I'll need them :-D)	2 Sitecom CN-024 mini HUBs	small, aren't they?
Extra Storage (That too I'll need)	Freecom FHD-2 Pro 80GB	2.5" for portability.
Optical Drive	DelTron RealVision SlimDVD with NEC ND-6500A	The case is battery/USB2-powered and the burner is DualLayer. I'ts all in (you've guessed it) slim format. Contrary to this report the NEC will be available by August.
GPS	Holux GM-210	The fastest updating, best receiving GPS module I could find out there.
Cardreader	Belkin F5U249 15-in-1	After gaining knowledge through advice (thanks JV!). This thing will read just about any card format.
Camera	Logitech Quickcam Sphere	1,3 MP webcam which will automatically follow any movement made.
Audio In	Philips SpeechMike Pro 6274	Nice. USB mic. with built-in small speaker, trackball and programmmable buttons.
Audio Out	Sennheiser MX-500	Best in-ear headphones out there.
	Creative TravelSound	With these I can make the laptop into my own personal boom-box!
Communication	AudioVox RTM8000	CF card, granting all functionalities of a modern cellphone (and more). Too bad it's only a Class B-8 GPRS, and I have yet to find out how to get it working properly under Linux
Input	KITTY / LightGlove	Neither of which are available yet, alas. I'll have to manage with a foldable keyboard until that after all.
Video Output	LeadTek X-Eye	I contacted LeadTek about this, and they said we could expect this baby in Q4 2004. It blows any other known HMD out of the water in terms of performance, price, power usage (500mW) and quality (24-bit SVGA) thanks to OLED. I'm looking for the monocular, shown here
TV	LifeView TV Walker Ultra	Brilliant little box for tuning & watching TV. I might add it later, because I can't find any vendor shipping to/in The Netherlands
BlueTooth	Toshiba PA3172U-1BTM	This card can be plugged into the SD slot. No Linux support, though...
Radio/Scanner	Uniden BearCat BC250D	Radio scanner capable of listening to just about any frequency, eventually pluggable for C2000 and with a RS232C interface for the laptop. Core business is missing though: RDS / TMC, which route planning software can use to locate traffic jams and police. I think it shouldn't be a problem, but it isn't listed anywhere.

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