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Have a Sony-505 and a Kindle-2 and enjoy them both - got each of them when they first hit the market. Wouldn't give them up for anything - at least for now!
In terms of computers, I have gone from desktops to laptops and most recently to a netbook when my last laptop had problems and had aged into near oblivion. With the growth of what is available on the Internet, the need for a big laptop with lots of memory and hard drive storage has pretty much gone by the way - at least for me. Obviously not the case for an office worker perhaps.
The next step is a no-brainer - the IPad-2, not the current one but the second version in a year or so - surely with printing made easie, USB ports and webcam and the improved operating system coming out. At that point I could easily see an IPad-2 replacing everything.
I tried the current WiFi IPad at Best Buy and I was impressed. The size and backlighting seem fine for casual reading of an hour or so at a stretch once or twice a day. And to have the 3G version to have virtually everything in an all in one device makes sense - touchscreen reading Internet email lots of apps and eventually cloud computing so you don't need word processors and spreadsheets installed on your device but simply use it off the Web. With Skype and an eventual webcam you have basic free video phone. The world at your fingertips all for $829 - and maybe the additonal $69 fopr the stand-charger wireless keyboard. And a monthly access fee of only $30 with no contract required - and free WiFi if available.
I could get used to that easily - one device to own carry around maintain and upgrade - ONE!!! And maybe a basic cellphone - a cheapie that runs 20 bucks every three months with minutes that roll over - other than my current $40 a month phone where the minutes go bye bye at the end of the month.
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