Windows Phone Thoughts: The Future of the Pocket PC

One of my favourite moments at the last Pocket PC Summit was a panel I was on called "The Future of the Pocket PC". Pocket PC Magazine has published the complete text of that panel discussion (somewhere - I can't seem to find it), and below is my quote from the panel:

"I foresee that the devices are going to get thinner and smaller, but you'll eventually reach a size threshold where you can't go any smaller. For example, a screen has to be large enough to be readable. I envision the day where our small devices may have a flexible polymer screen that you will scroll out to be as big as you need it to be. We'll also start seeing virtual displays; your PDA or Pocket PC will have your CPU and data, but you'll be able to walk up a wall with a big display and access your information that way. I think those are 10 - 15 years out. I think the form factor will be a non-issue. The important thing will be how you get all of your data through public ports."

So what do you think about my futuristic Pocket PC concept? What do YOU think the PDA will evolve into by 2012?

(Footnote: I'll be on the same panel again this year. Hope to see you there!)