Nokia and Intel announced on Monday that they will merge their respective mobile Linux platforms, Maemo and Moblin, into a single platform call MeeGo, which will be hosted by Linux foundation. Nokia, the world's top cell phone maker said that it will merge its Linux Maemo software platform, used in its flagship N900 phone, with Intel's Moblin, also a version of Linux. They took this decision because they have been facing pressure from cell phone industry newcomers Google and Apple.

Intel's chips are supposedly to get into the cell phones of the Finnish company, which controls around 40% of the global phone market.

MeeGo is projected to be used on different device types, including pocketable mobile computers, netbooks, tablets, media phones, connected TVs, and in-vehicle infotainment systems.