Android, Symbian Merger in the Wings?

Market analyst firm J. Gold Associates is predicting that Google’s Android and Nokia’s Symbian open mobile platforms will announce plans to merge by year-end, Mobile Entertainment reports.

According to the article, the prediction comes from the idea that “the partners involved in each project don’t have the stomach for a fight over market share.” Regardless of the strength of their internal constitutions, the idea of one open source operating system makes a lot more sense than two in direct completion with each other.

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