By Cheryl Currid

Not enough good gadgets in your life? Has someone found a smaller phone, thinner camera, or a personal digital assistant with more pizzazz?

If you want to be the tightest techie in the neighborhood, then I've got a secret shopping site for you.

It specializes in technology that, for whatever reason, hasn't been brought to the shores of the United States. And from what I can see of the selection, we are missing a lot that's hot.

Dynamism at www.dynamism.com selects the most promising products from the Japanese market. They Americanize it, which usually means translating the manual into English and installing an English operating system, and sell the products from the Web site, as well as provide support after the sale. On some products, you might have to get used to a few additional characters on the keyboard, but that's a small price to pay for very cool technology.

For example, I just tested a Toshiba Libretto L5W, a pint-size notebook computer with built-in Wi-Fi wireless network, a sharp 1200 x 600 screen, two USB ports, audio controls, an Ethernet port and modem.

It is powered by a Crusoe processor, which promises to make batteries last longer. In fact, tests show that this tiny wonder will run as long as three hours on a single charge.

This feather-light machine weighs in at 2.4 pounds, is 10.5 inches long, 6.5 wide and a mere three-quarters of an inch thin. It runs Windows XP Professional, is packed with 256 megabytes of memory, a 20-gigabyte hard drive, one PCMCIA slot and a VGA cable to run an external projector or monitor.

The VGA is attached by a separate cable because the computer is too thin to put in a standard adapter.

Keeping to its smaller-than-life promise, it also has a slot for SecureDigital memory cards. The SD card is the tiniest of the removable media types available today. It's catching on among digital cameras, but this is the first time I've seen one integrated into a computer.

SecureDigital cards can be purchased from companies like Lexar Media, and are available in sizes ranging from 32 to 512 megabytes. They make for a quick and easy method of backing up data or transporting data to other devices, like MP3 players, digital cameras, or cell phones.

You can also find accessories for this potent portable, like CD-RW and DVD drives, an enhanced battery, mini optical mouse and external storage devices on the Web site.

The Toshiba Libretto L5W we tested is priced at $1,999. But if you don't need built-in Wi-Fi and don't mind Windows XP Home as the operating system, you can purchase the Libretto L5 for $1649. It can be shipped overnight via FedEx for around $40.

But the Libretto isn't the only great gadget on the Dynamism hot list. They also feature fabulous phones, ultra-compact cameras, concept computers and stunning notebooks that haven't made it our way.

Sometimes Japanese manufacturers are reluctant to export ultra-small devices because they think we won't like them.

So to see innovative products, check out Dynamism. You can also sign up to receive a free newsletter to receive a monthly technology update. It's a great way to keep up with the latest technology they are watching.

The Web site will give you a peek into what's hot in the streets of Japan and might provide a glimpse of what's coming next.