But this is all just my guess. You'll know when it finally arrives, with the Rolling Stones and the bright lights and the supermodels. PDAs will not be the end of computing. In four or five years, by 2005, clever people will have invented everything possible within the parameters of wireless handheld devices and people will began to wonder about the next thing. PDAs will join the museum of DOS, Apple, Windows, and the web.
Nobody can predict the next stage of computer evolution.
Look over the side and see if captain and his officers are getting into the life boats. The CEO, the VPs, engineering directors, and so on, especially the technical people. The VP of Sales or QA doesn't matter, but if the CTO, CFO, or the hardcore engineers leave, then quietly take a life jacket. Ignore the PR and HR people who say that the company is doing fine. They are just playing dance band music.