A look at the most exciting gadgets of CES 2009

From the outside, HP's Pavilion dv2 looks like a standard, multimedia-oriented, ultraportable laptop. The innovation, however, lies inside — the machine is the first to use AMD's new chip bundle for what it calls 'ultra-thin' notebooks.

Ultra-thin notebooks, according to AMD, are cheaper than full ultraportables but more powerful than netbooks. The dv2 is a case in point, as it has a 12.1-inch screen and 1.6GHz Athlon Neo processor, but can also handle high-definition graphics and run Windows Vista.