GADGET GIZMO SPECIAL Nokia bounces back in mobile devices arena with new tablet N1
NEW
DELHI/ESPOO: Within a year of selling its handset and services
business to Microsoft, Nokia has again entered the mobile devices
segment by unveiling tablet N1 in partnership with Taiwanese company
Foxconn. Nokia's first tablet since sale of its devices business to
Microsoft in about $7.2 billion in April this year is built on the
latest Android platform Lollipop.
Foxconn, which also makes Apple iPhones, will be responsible for full business execution, from engineering and sales to customer care, including liabilities and warranty costs, inbound IP and software licensing and contractual agreements with third parties. Nokia has extended its brand name and some of its patent technologies for the product.
To begin with, the N1 tablet will be available from the first quarter of 2015 in China for $249 before taxes and gradually in other markets. "We are pleased to bring the Nokia brand back into consumers' hands with the N1 Android tablet, and to help make sophisticated technologies simple," Nokia Technologies Head of Products Sebastian Nystrom said in a statement.
The company said N1 will be brought to market through a brand-licensing agreement with an original equipment manufacturer (OEM) partner responsible for manufacturing, distribution and sales. Though Nokia did not disclose the name of OEM, sources identified the original equipment maker as Foxconn.
Foxconn has a manufacturing facility near Chennai close to Nokia unit where mobile production is suspended post its deal with Microsoft.
"This is a great product for Nokia fans and everyone who has not found the right Android tablet yet," Nystrom said. After sale of its devices and services business, Nokia now has telecom network business, HERE navigation and Nokia Technologies which deals in patent licensing business.
The statement said N1 has industrial design and comes with Z Launcher, which allows users to scribble a letter or two to find their content quickly. N1 has 2GB of RAM and 32GB of storage
Foxconn, which also makes Apple iPhones, will be responsible for full business execution, from engineering and sales to customer care, including liabilities and warranty costs, inbound IP and software licensing and contractual agreements with third parties. Nokia has extended its brand name and some of its patent technologies for the product.
To begin with, the N1 tablet will be available from the first quarter of 2015 in China for $249 before taxes and gradually in other markets. "We are pleased to bring the Nokia brand back into consumers' hands with the N1 Android tablet, and to help make sophisticated technologies simple," Nokia Technologies Head of Products Sebastian Nystrom said in a statement.
The company said N1 will be brought to market through a brand-licensing agreement with an original equipment manufacturer (OEM) partner responsible for manufacturing, distribution and sales. Though Nokia did not disclose the name of OEM, sources identified the original equipment maker as Foxconn.
Foxconn has a manufacturing facility near Chennai close to Nokia unit where mobile production is suspended post its deal with Microsoft.
"This is a great product for Nokia fans and everyone who has not found the right Android tablet yet," Nystrom said. After sale of its devices and services business, Nokia now has telecom network business, HERE navigation and Nokia Technologies which deals in patent licensing business.
The statement said N1 has industrial design and comes with Z Launcher, which allows users to scribble a letter or two to find their content quickly. N1 has 2GB of RAM and 32GB of storage
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PTI | 19 Nov, 2014
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