Nokia launches 8-inch Lollipop tablet, joinsAndroid camp
Nokia teased a mysterious product
on its Twitter page. Now we know what this
mysterious device is. On a product page, which
was live on the Nokia website briefly before it
was taken offline, the company revealed that it
is launching an Android tablet with 8-inch
screen. The tablet is called N1.
This Nokia is different from the part of the
company that was sold to Microsoft. After the
deal with Microsoft, Nokia -- without its
smartphone division -- is looking to get back
into the device game. However, with the terms
& conditions that govern the deal with
Microsoft forbidding Nokia from making a
Nokia-branded smartphone until 2016, it seems
the company sees tablet as its only viable
option.
The N1 was announced at Slush2014
conference in Helsinki.
In terms of hardware, the N1 compares
favourably to existing Android tablets. Its
screen has a resolution of 2048 X 1536 pixels.
The screen is also topped with Gorilla Glass 3.
The device is powered by Intel Z3580 running
at 2.3GHz and has 2GB RAM. The internal
storage is 32GB. Nokia is using Android
Lollipop on the N1, although the user interface
is customised with Launcher Z, Nokia's Android
launcher which was announced several months
ago. It has 8MP rear camera and 5MP front
camera.
The Nokia N1 is undoubtedly a high-end tablet,
designed to take on other high-end tablets as
well as iPad Mini. And it makes this intent
clear with its design. Unlike most Android
tablets, the N1 uses a unibody shell made of
aluminium alloy, similar to the one used by
Apple in its iPad. For an 8-inch tablet it is also
remarkably thin with thickness of 6.9mm. With
weight of 318 grams, It is also lighter than
iPad Mini (Retina Display).
Nokia has announced that the tablet will be
sold at a price of around $249 but it hasn't yet
talked about the availability of the tablet.
Nokia launches 8-inch Lollipop tablet, joins Android camp