Multimedia has left the comforts of stationary systems to portable hand-held devices. They range from stand-alone devices to multi-functional devices like mobile phones. These little gadgets enable you to bring along your favorite movies and your favorite tracks wherever you go. You can tweak their sound output and their display giving you the desired quality. Other than this, you can hook it up to other devices like external speakers and television sets so that you can play your movies and tracks.

These multimedia devices not only play your music and videos, but the can also connect to the internet. For example, the Sony PlayStation Portable has a wireless function that can allow you to go online and get pictures or videos and music. Other than that, most multimedia devices allow you to send and receive other music and image or video files from other devices as well. Just like most mobile phones, they have the capability to connect and send files to other mobile phones or devices that have connectivity compatibility.