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Windows Mobile device and a this program http://www.margi.com/support/sup_ptg_comp.htm. The linked page has a list of devices that it runs on. That should work.

Back in the day, there were http://www.margi.com/products/prod_ptg.htm Margi Presenter-To-Go products that worked with Treos and Pocket PCs through the SD or CF card. They are discontinued now, but should still be available somewhere.

The first DVR was tested on July 8, 1965, when CBS explored the possibilities of instant freeze-frame and rewind for sporting event broadcasts. Ampex released the first commercial hard disk video recorder in 1967. The HS-100 recorded analog video onto a digital hard disk and could store a maximum of only 30 seconds.

Well... take one of these:
http://www.margi.com/products/prod_ptg_featcomp.ht m
for VGA output, these:
http://www.thinkgeek.com/computing/input/8193/
for input and a Palm or PocketPc as brain.

All these things have been available for a long time. Origami is not a new idea and its not the first time that concept is implemented. But it was never successful.

As I type I'm working on a PC with Thinsoft's "BeTwin" software installed. Two video cards, two monitors, two keyboards, two mice -- two stations that you can log onto independently.

At work, I have Maxivista, though I haven't used it for a while since the power supply for a little network switch died. I must get that replaced.

Other interesting stuff to screw around with monitors includes; Margi's Display-to-go PCMCIA video card and an interesting "USB2VGA" product. These both allow you to easily add extra monitors to a laptop, or in the case of the USB device, a desktop with no slots or a locked case. I have both. The frame rate on the PCMCIA card is much better than the USB device, not surprisingly. But for work, both help.

Yes, and in fact, there's a company called Margi that produce a PCMCIA video card that's very fast and smooth if you want that third screen. (As long as you're not using Windows SP2, they've really been dragging their heels on a driver update.)

Can you fry an egg on it? No? Then I don't want it. C'mon... the heat from that hardware has got to go somewhere. Ever put a laptop directly on your lap?

Anyway, not sure about editing them, but you can store and present them from a Palm OS or Pocket PC unit already. Trying to edit them on a screen that small (VGA resolution or no) seems insane as it is.

This machine is my mp3 player walking to work, an instant on recording device, plays movies (PocketDivX), and I can read slashdot from it, not to mention the regular PDA features.

Don't think I have a solution for the MP3 or DivX parts, but the others can be handled with Handera products. My old TRGPro with Eudora Internet Suite handles online browsing, though with a limited HTML set (no frames or tables, iirc). The newer 330 model does that, and also has the instant-on voice recording, too.

Ease of programmability, I don't know about. I do know the PalmOS can handle limited Python, plus Tcl, some type of Basic, and I think some sort of Java.

I can get an expansion pack that allows me to plug in any USB keyboard and has a VGA port that will do 800x600 @ 256 colors - yes, I can put a powerpoint presentation on this and leave the laptop at home

Done, with a combination of the 330 and Margi Presenter To Go. Tack on a Happy Hacking Cradle and you can use whatever PS/2 keyboard you like. This list of other keyboards might have other options to your liking.

Handera also has both CF and SD/MMC slots in the 330 models. No color on any Handera models yet, and they've not yet gone past OS 3.5.x.

Still useless. You _can_ run an Apple Cinema Display on your PC, see here for full details. BUT you can only use the older DVI-connector display. The new ones (sold now) have ADC connectors, with power, USB and video in one connector. While there may be a converter at some time (From Margi), eBay is your best source of 22" LCD goodness for the PC. Dr. Bott has a DVI monitor switch, allowing PC and Mac to co-exist with that nice monitor.

They're marketed toward specialized display interfaces, not as speedy graphic devices. But apparently Cardbus has indeed been used for graphical output devices.