The crowds in Las Vegas are pretty thick, and those not videotaping the universal chaos, are taking pictures. Yet there are few film cameras to be seen. Even more interesting is that camera phones seem to be outnumbering standalone digital cameras. We even saw one cute (and apparently geeky) couple handing one of those camera-equipped Palm Zires to some folks to have their picture taken.

Monica and I are certainly taking lots of goofy pictures with our smartphones, and the bottom line is that cameras integrated into devices that you commonly carry, while not always work safe in some places, offer lots of opportunities to capture one of a kind moments.

That's one of the reasons why I'd like to see more tablets with integrated digital cameras, along the lines of swivel mounts on the small TDV Vison tablet and Sony's tiny Vaios. Ideally, they'd be modular and removable (or attachable, depending on your point of view) to make the corporate folks feel safer.

Of course, I am squarely pointing the finger at Sony here: where's my multimedia tablet? You know, the one with megapixel image and video capture, 8" wide-angle screen, inline remote with headphones, consumer IR with universal learning remote software, a Media Center control UI and sync capability, and lots of hardware buttons to control music and movie playback. I understand that the postal service probably lost my demo unit, but come on Sony, stop dragging your feet!