Finnish telecom equipment maker Nokia will unveil its first “tablet” in October before handing Microsoft its production of consumer electronics, said Thursday, Sept. 26 the Wall Street Journal reported on its website.
According to several sources relayed by the Finnish and international press, Nokia will introduce half a dozen new products in Abu Dhabi on October 22. The daily business in New York has said, citing “people familiar with the project” Nokia, that among these products would be the first tablet of Finland.Contacted by AFP, Nokia declined to comment.
a tablet with Windows 8
tablet was part of the range of products that Nokia had to catch the U.S. Apple and South Korea’s Samsung, which have largely outpaced the smartphone market. . Finnish but threw in the towel and will become a telecom equipment without consumer product
For this tablet, “the key question is the price: it is clear that the other brands that have iPad been successful only in the low end, “commented to AFP analyst consulting firm Finnish telecom Alekstra Tero Kuittinen.
The former world number one mobile phones, Nokia has announced the beginning of September the sale of its “devices and services” to the U.S. Microsoft. The transaction is expected to close in the first quarter, and remove the famous Finnish brand handset market.Microsoft launched on September 23, two new versions of its tablet, the Surface 2 and Surface Pro 2, a year after its early versions, which was a commercial failure.
The Nokia tablet will be according to the Wall Street Journal the same operating system as the Surface 2, namely Windows 8.
(With AFP)
