(ARA) – Smart phones, music players, e-readers, netbooks, remotes, pedometers – many popular technology gadgets make excellent holiday gifts. But each item separately takes up space in your purse, your briefcase and on your family room table. A smart gift giver this holiday season is one who consolidates the electronic gadgets – instead of adding to the pile.

Thanks to how quickly technology evolves, you can easily consolidate your electronic gadgets to reduce the number and weight of gizmos you’re carrying around. Here are a few ideas:

* E-readers and tablet computers – When you’re on the road and receive a document you need to review and sign-off on, doing so usually requires a computer, printer and scanner. With the new Pocket eDGe from enTourage Systems, you have the functionality of all those devices in one. This compact, multi-purpose, Wi-Fi enabled dualbook has an E-Ink screen with a stylus on one side and a 7-inch LCD screen for e-mailing, video viewing and Web browsing on the other. Another unique feature of the Pocket eDGe is both screens interact, so if you need to check the meaning of a word in a document you’re reading on the E-Ink screen, you can select it and find the definition on the LCD screen through a quick online search.

* Music, videos, exercise and games – Gaming consoles and other devices like the Pocket eDGe with entertainment uses are quickly evolving to bring more and more elements into one unit. Now, not only can you play games through these consoles, but you can stream the weather report, watch movies, play music, check out the latest headlines and, in some cases, exercise – just to name a few activities. If you have one of these devices in your family room, you won’t need the DVD player, exercise videos or radio cluttering up your shelves any longer.

* Remotes galore – When you go to turn on that gaming system, how many remotes do you have to use to get everything powered up and working? The Harmony remote is a universal remote that allows you to program all of your electronic devices into it, so you don’t have to keep searching for that “other remote.” One remote means less clutter on your table, couch or overstuffed chair.

* Exercise tools – To get an accurate sense of distance on a run or bike ride, you’ll need a pedometer or GPS. To stay motivated and entertained while you exercise, you’ll use an mp3 player. To stay within your target heart rate zone, you’ll need a heart rate monitor. Who wants to have all that equipment on them while they exercise? Having a music player combined with a timer, pedometer and heart monitor all in one device lessens the number of toys needed, and makes the prep time for exercising quicker. Several devices on the market, ranging from wrist watches to mp3 players, combine these elements.

You can be a smart holiday gift giver this year with technology that doesn’t add to – but actually reduces – some of the chaotic clutter of your recipients’ digital lives. Join the trend with consolidated technology.