Slashdot reports that laptop screens (and thus, laptops) are getting bigger:

With so many DVDs featuring letterboxed or wide-screen versions of films, consumers' fascination with larger screen sizes is changing the size and shape of the laptop industry, stated an IDC report issued on Monday. The wide-screen format, found in only 39.2 percent of laptops expected to ship this year, will become dominant in mid- to late 2006.

I feel like a voice in the wilderness on this, but I don't think handhelds are going to overtake laptops anytime soon. For one thing, typing with your thumbs gets old fast, and it leads to injury (carpal tunnel, anyone)? The closer you get to a full size keyboard, the better off you are.

Second, video - Yes, I know video on the new iPod is kind of neat. However, I'm not at all sure that I want to watch more than a snippet of video on that size screen. The small form factor works perfectly for audio. I'm not at all sure that it works well for much else.