Saturday, June 30, 2018
Nokia still very interested in tablets
Nokia still very interested in tablets
Today�s�Nokia Lumia 925�launch�event in London�came and went without being coupled with an announcement of a Nokia tablet for 2013.
However, the Finnish phone manufacturer doesn�t sound as if it is ruling out releasing a Nokia Lumia tablet in the near future.
�We�re very interested in tablets and that�s an area we�re looking at,� said Nokia executive vice president of smart devices Jo Harlow, according to�CNET.
Nokia is �looking at� tablets, but not ready to officially announce a device just yet, as she added, �I don�t have any product news I can share.�
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Nokia has been on the record as �looking at� tablets for more than two years now.
In 2011, the company�s CEO, Stephen Elop,�said��Our team right now is assessing what�s the right tablet strategy for Nokia.�
More recently, Elop used Harlow�s talking points,�saying, �It is something we are clearly looking at very closely.�
The only concrete evidence that Nokia has taken more than an eyes-on approach to making a tablet comes from design head Marko Ahtisaari, who�confirmed��We are working on it� more than a year ago.
Nokia tablet with Windows 8?
Microsoft was roundly criticized for being late to enter the tablet mix with the�Surface�in 2012, but its chief phone partner, Nokia, is taking an even longer time to produce a full-sized device.
Although Nokia is the No. 2 handset maker in the world, it trails Apple, Samsung, LG, HTC, Motorola, Sony, and even Blackberry in releasing a tablet with a modern-day operating system.
Speculation about a Nokia Lumia tablet immediately points to a device running either�Windows RT�or�Windows 8 Pro�given its close partnership with Microsoft.
Whether or not it�s a�keyboard-equipped Nokia Lumia tablet�remains to be seen.
However, new phones people are willing to buy like the Lumia 925 and the debut of a tablet could help�put Nokia back on top�as it was in its Symbian days and avoid it from resorting to its�back-up plan.
Via�Techradar
Nokia still very interested in tablets
