Access is just a software vendor, they're going to need to get their OS onto devices to make it a success - I suspect they were banking on Palm being the first ALP licensee, but now Palm have done the dirty on Access. The Asian market is probably all Access have left, assuming any Chinese device manufacturers show interest.

Palm negotiated themselves a very generous licence for Garnet which I believe allows them to ship it on future devices, quite possibly as a layer on top of their new Linux-based OS. Here again, Access seem to have been screwed over by Palm by agreeing to such generous terms. Assuming the new PalmOS arrives on time and is successful, the need for Garnet will diminish within a couple of years.

Since both companies need to get loyal Palm developers to move on from Garnet, these developers are faced with taking the ALP route (a new OS which isn't likely to appear on any devices soon, Palm or otherwise) or stick with Palm and develop for the new PalmOS on shiny new Palm devices. Without the backing of Palm, the ALP OS is substantially devalued - any new Palm applications designed for the new Palm OS are unlikely to be compatible with ALP. Glad I'm not Access!!!

The PDA market does seem to be pretty dead - Dell apparently dropped the Axim in the last few days (currently there are no plans for a replacement) and as you point out most new devices are smartphones.