Apple phasing out Firewire?

So, I've been trying to figure out a solution to not only my full internal hard drive on my G4 but to also extending my wireless network and running iTunes off an external drive and streaming it through my stereo on the other side of the house.
A friend pointed out Airport Express, which has ethernet, USB and an audio jack, but no Firewire. He also mentioned he heard Apple was phasing out Firewire on the next generation of laptops. Perhaps then, not a coincidence its absence on the Express.
Any truth to this? This will affect my solution, as my laptop apparently only has USB 1.1, but purchasing a new Express would enable a USB 2.0 drive to be used. Though I would prefer not to have my external hard drive sitting on top of my stereo.
Furthermore, anyone know what USB version is on the old, flying saucer shaped Airport Extreme? I bought it at the same time as the G4 (about 6 years ago), so I'm wondering if I'm stuck all around with USB 1.1.
Another connection issue, then, is how do I connect my new external hard drive (which will house my iTunes folder) to an additional smaller drive to back up the main drive (iTunes)? Can I do this through the old Airport Extreme Base Station just using ethernet or USB?
(At least one commenter has pointed out that my USB on my G4 should be 2.0, however I have found that not to be the case.)
Thanks, and sorry if this is more confusing than enlightening.

There was never any production 15" Aluminum Powerbook G4 that had USB 1.1 ports. Either System Profiler is reporting erroneously all on its own (not an unknown occurrence), or an improper OS software installation on your machine is failing to support USB 2.0 and causing the mistaken report by System Profiler. I don't know whether or not the latter hypothesis is actually a possibility.
FireWire is not being phased out by Apple. Every current Apple notebook except the $999 plastic MacBook has at least a FireWire 800 port (backward compatible with FireWire 400 devices through an under-$10 adapter). Top-of-the line MacBook Pros have dual FW 400 and FW 800 ports. All current Mac Pros, iMacs and Mac Minis have FireWire ports.
I can't find any specifications that tell whether the USB ports in Airport Extreme base stations past or present are USB 1.1 or USB 2.0. I suggest posting your question about that in the appropriate Airport forum. Choose one here:
http://discussions.apple.com/category.jspa?categoryID=140
The usual and by far the best response to a full internal hard drive is to replace it with a larger one. Unless you already have a 320GB internal HD in your Powerbook, consider installing one.
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Many thanks in advance for your attention.
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