Can't say dead yet. Sure there aren't any devices being worked on currently, but we must retain faith that someone (*cough* HTC *cough* Samsung *cough*) will take the open source version this fall and figure out how to slap it on some better hardware. There is still a small fire, more smoldering than kindling I guess.

31 months hurts. I've had my Palm Pre for 36 months and it's still alive on the knife in the back jabbing Sprint network. True, I have a more reliable iPhone for work that I am able to abuse more and keep my personal line Pre alive longer, but it's just not as nice of an interface to use. Also, my aunt has a Pre - that somehow still looks like new - on Verizon and she loves every bit of it. I wish I was on Verizon, I would have made sure to find a Pre3 to have running on there. That way I wouldn't have to keep looking down the road for something better.

Isn't Google going to be doing this for them soon anyway?

Sounds a lot like webOS to me. Been doing this on my phone since summer 09. They call it "Just Type". It's handy as long as you know how to spell what it is that you are looking for. Which, I imagine for Linux users, most will.