The two largest open-source mobile platform initiatives are swirling up rumors
that they’ll be joining forces to combine the Symbian and Android platforms
spearheaded by Nokia and Google, respectively. Allegedly informed analysts at J.
Gold Associates are claiming that a merger between Nokia and Google could kick
off in three to six months, citing both companies open-source mobile operating
systems.
Nokia previously
announced that they’ll be taking the Symbian code-base public with the
creation of the Symbian
Foundation. And, Symbian recently extended
a hand in friendship to Google, stating that they’d be “happy to collaborate
with them.” Analysts are apparently taking the collaboration offer as a sign of
merger-things to come.
But, that’s not the way Symbian, Nokia, or Google sees things. Officials from
all three camps have gone on record and dismissed reports of a merger between
the Symbian and Android efforts. Other analysts have also commented on the
possibility of a merger between the two tech-giants, saying that the rumors are
unsubstantiated.
Symbian is expected to match Android on its free-for-all pricing structure,
giving open access to anyone wishing to use the mobile platform. The move should
help Symbian compete on the same playing field as Android, and makes the case
for both mobile platforms keeping to true to their path.
[Via: InformationWeek]
