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It's funny, I also question the potential of a future PDA market, but from a slighty different angle.
In the past, my PDA was everything to me:
1) a contact manager;
2) a date organizer;
3) a gameboy-supplement;
4) an e-book reader; and
5) an (offline) web browser.
And I still love my PDA.
But I must admit that I don't use it that often anymore. Here is why:
1) my smartphone now satifies my PDA needs for a good contact manager;
2) see 1)
3) ok, I am still addicted to playing Bejeweled!
4) I am longing for a dedicated e-book reader a la the Librie, but without DRM restrictions - so until then, reading e-books is still what I use my PDA most for;
5) since I still have one of the old-generation PDAs without WiFi capability, I cannot enjoy surfing the Net in my palm. And since I just acquired a new notebook with a wonderful battery longetivity (Intel Centrino) and built-in WiFi, I am spending more time reading RSS feeds nowadays than reading web pages in offline mode on my PDA.
For all my needs I think I won't buy a new PDA any time soon. Perhaps when there will be an alternative to the Sony Librie on the market (with the same or equivalent to Eink technology), I will invest again. But why should I invest in a PDA now, if it still suffers from the same short-comings: small LCD screen & a short battery life?
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