Ugh, couple of posts ago I complained about the buzzword 'ecosystem' replacing the other 'HTML5'... I really cringe when I hear them. HTML5 ain't ever going to replace native coding, not even high-level coding, you just cannot manage a large or complex project in an economical way in a markup language + JavaScript that is effectively stuck in the '90s by ECMAScript's laziness and hesitance. Not to mention that no matter what you do, it wont get you anywhere near native performance.

And that is if we can even assume that ALL HTML5 clients, on ALL platforms will actually follow all the same standards that are still years away of becoming final.

Sure, for a quick fart app or a twitter client, HTML5 might be more than enough, but for something complex that actually requires power and system integration, HTML5 ain't the answer.

Of course they will not die, they're too big and too rich for that, but they will be leveled down to something that Microsoft would be if they would yank out their Windows and Office business in favor of a competing platform that in time fails miserably.

You really think that MeeGo can survive on headsets without a support from a powerhouse such as Nokia? Really?

ZTE, Huawei and the likes cannot afford to polish MeeGo to a final product, let alone get developers interested in the platform, they should be striking deals with Microsoft or Google much before Nokia. For them it would be wise, for Nokia it's just way too risky with no perceivable award.

The way it is now, the best course of action for ZTE would be Android, not MeeGo...