Can the PDA replace the Notebook?

PDAs have come a long way. My iPAQ hx2750 Runs a intel bullverde 624 Mhz processor, with 128mb Ram and 128MB rom built in, SD and CF slot expandable. Wifi and Gprs via BT I can check mail, surf internet sites (barely, tell you why later), Read and Alter PowerPoint presentations, manage appointments, use Global Positioning, watch movies, listen to music and lastly and most importantly, I run a whole friggin library of medical software and textbooks. Checking mail is near perfect. I use Gmail, and Gmail has a mobile version which displays very well on my Pda Screen using Pocket Intenet Explorer. If I need to download lets say a powerpoint presentation, i use Opera for PPC. I can download the PPT and then view it with Clearvue's presentation software. Same goes for PDF files, download and read. No need for any conversion. The setback here is always the screen viewing area. 320 x 240 is just impossible to read much properly. Managing Appointments is definitely more convienient on a PDA rather than on anything else. With reminders and calenders and most of all, portability, nothing beats the PDA. Excellent. Multimedia. on a PDA is great. Playing MP3 music, and listening to music via Bluetooth wireless is great. Watching Videos with TCPMP software is excellent. Video on the move. You can watch your torrented movies and TV serials, anywhere, anytime. Storage on a PDA is quite large. If you have deep pockets, SD and CF cards will support many many GBs of storage space. See my Sandisk Ultra II SD Plus USB 1GB card review Global Positioning System on the PDA is Excellent!! I wish it were built in to my PDA, but I use my PDA with the Holux GPSlim 236 and coupled with Garmin Que Software, its great too! Never get lost, and the portablity of the PDA makes it entirely possible. Medical Software! I have 10-20 textbooks for reference at a time in my PDA. Using iSilo for the textbooks. Skyscape Medical Programs for my specialities, and the Netter's Anatomy atlas for PPC.. great.. Battery life is OK.. not great but better than notebook battery life, but with extended battery packs, car chargers available, light travel chargers available, you can always plug in and charge anywhere. Biggest advantage is the Portability of the the PDA. Fits in your pocket. Biggest problem is the small screen of the PDAs of nowadays. Need a slightly larger screen. This is why I need a 640x480 resolution in a big screen which is only available in the ipaq hx4700. A 4 inch screen with 640x480 resolution. Although you don't really get a total 640x480 , screen size is larger and it is more possible to use it for viewing regular PC desktop sized documents. Can't make the PDA too big though.. No one will be able to fit it in the pocket. Need it slightly thin with a plastic cover to protect the screen. So can the PDA replace the notebook? With a slightly larger screen with higher resolution, slightly thinner form factor, adequate protection for the fragile touchscreen, YES it can. Software is already available. Battery life is ok.. We can actually skip Tablet PCs for the meantime and skip WinXP tablet PC edition and jump on to the Windows Mobile 5 bandwagon (and hope they get the bugs out) It is now the Era of the Pocket PC!