Wiiboy portable -- sooner than you think?

Pure conjecture, but bear with us:

• The Wii is inexpensive to manufacture. Super inexpensive, even.

• The Wii is architected for very low power consumption (great for portability)

• The Wii is tiny. It's the smallest of the consoles, and box space is taken up by the optical disc drive, connectors for controllers, memory, video cables, and other stuff that'd be completely uneccessary in a mobile device

• Motion-sensing capabilities can be embedded in the device housing itself

Of all three new consoles, the Wii is certainly closest to portability. Home modders like Ben Heckendorn will likely create a portable (but chunky) Wii without too much difficulty. Could a portable version of the device be far away?

We're not suggesting the hypothetical Wiiboy will be released in time for this Consumermas, but 2008-2009 doesn't seem like a stretch, does it?

Call to action: let's got a hot mockup up in here. The Wii may be a GameCube at heart, but it certainly doesn't look like one; it's time for Photoshop pros to whip up some Wiiboy mockups.