Now here's the perfect gift for the gadget freak on your list, assuming they have the right phone and Windows XP.

It's software for burning DVDs onto your mobile. Just $25, from Makayama Software, a Japanese outfit with European representatives.

Before you start thinking what's that for, imagine yourself in an Airport facing a nasty business flight. Imagine if you could turn on your phone and watch that DVD you got from someone else for Christmas.

See?

The thing is, however, that I can't imagine an American outfit even imagining the need for such a program, let alone writing it and selling it practically as soon as the phones that can use it are ready for it.

But that's not Santa's problem.