The way I see these devices going is into an always-connected "magic magazine". Formwise: a little thinner, lighter, more robust. Functionwise, a thin client (which is all web apps are, really) connecting me to my life.

The Palm LifeDrive needs sync. Google Life - mail, PIM, filestore, all properly secure - won't.

The test I use for new tech is whether or not guys in the pub like it. The 770 has been a big hit so far: granted, we used it for looking up slang (on urbandictionary.com) and taking rounds (sketch) and once we were drunk enough, surfing bizarre porn to massive amusement. But that *is* the mass market.