Save them from what?

Apple?

MeeGo is a whole 'nother animal poised for a whole 'nother world.

I'm thinkin' the iPhone is on the same path that Macintosh was...
Great for new users. Couldn't be beat for niche users that grew around select applications. But, it couldn't handle rapid changes in customer use patterns prompted by shareware that could be developed easily for Windows...

Android? It may be just a means to an advertisers end. Great if you need someone to tell you how white your shirts could be or you judge people by what cigarettes they smoke. But for many in the end, they just wont get no satisfaction.

However, things always change. In just a few years you could be "talking" to more and more inanimate objects that can make your life a whole lot easier if they understood your language.

A chair will still be a chair but a chair your device can "talk" to and share your preferences with will be a whole lot more comfortable.

You will still be able to walk into any local shop and purchase what your heart desires. Be it pizza, shoes, flowers, baked goods, or groceries. But, when you walk into a shop that your device can "talk" to you won't have to wait for the menu to be brought to your table, or be measured for size, or recite the same address you have been sending something to every Mothers day for the past fifteen years.

If you planned ahead your order would be made fresh and ready, if you're following a whim you would know what isle to walk down next, and you wont forget that at home, you're out of butter... I'm just some moke from Po' Bo', PA and I can imagine this. Just think what the really smart dudes are dreaming up.

There is plenty of room for many competitors in this future but when it happens it is going seem like it occurred in less time than a wink of an eye. By then, all current mobile devices will be as quaint as Mac's were to the graduating "Class of '89" who received them as freshmen.

The best way to prepare is to begin.

MeeGo is just one beginning and we are able to watch it as it develops. I am pretty certain others are out there too, with this world being chock full of smart dudes and all... but, why can't we watch as these other beginings develop?