Will online, user-generated content replace the traditional guidebook?

Worldhum just ran an excellent interview with Lonely Planet author/online publisher Robert Reid (here) about the future of guidebooks (and guidebook writers) in the world of internet and handhelds. This is one of the most intersting pieces I've read on the subject. Robert's a great guy, sports a smashing mustache (except when he has a beard) and publishes a very cool online guide to Vietnam.