Intel and Nokia have announced that they will work together to create a mobile platform to compete with the Google Android. The new platform will be dubbed Meego and will combine the best parts of Maemo and Moblin. This is due to be released sometime this year and will be purported to take on Google not only in the smartphone arena but also tablets and any other device that the Android platform may power.

This move comes with the realization by Nokia that Symbian simply is not living up to its expectations in the struggle against the ever growing popularity of the Google Android platform. Meego will be the driving force behind Nokia’s strategy to bring the Symbian platform to a wider range of users while the Linux-based Meego goes for the higher end. This may prove to be an uphill battle, however, for the smartphone giant.

Meego, while being Linux-based will have one new quality that will assist in its integration. The Linux Foundation will be hosting this as a fully open platform. This will allow outside developers to get their shots in for improving and adding to the overall concept of the platform.

Meego will be touting the Qt development platform as do so many other Nokia products. Intel, however, has let it be known that the new platform will not be restricted to only x86 architectures. This will be as open a platform as may be found anywhere, with little to no restrictions.

Odds are good that other manufacturers will follow in Nokia’s footsteps, making their own announcements in the coming weeks. There seems to be a “bandwagon” effect when an announcement of this proportion is made. This being said, it should be an interesting watch to see how well Nokia and Intel do against the possibly unstoppable platform that if Google Android.

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