Nokia with your own tablet PC?

After Apple's successful iPad launch, the industry is caught in a collective tablet fever.

After HP, Dell and a number of Asian manufacturers, the Finnish mobile phone manufacturer Nokia is now considering launching its own tablet on the market. At least that is what IT analyst Ashok Kumar of Rodman Renshaw claims, who cites confidential industry discussions between the Finns and a number of technology and hardware suppliers.

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iPod and iPhone show the way
"We will definitely see a lot more tablets this year. The burning question, however, is whether the manufacturers have drawn the right lessons from the success of the iPod and the iPhone," explains screen digest analyst Dan Cryan in a press release . Apple has already impressively proven twice that it is not the range of functions, but the linking of hardware and software, the user interface and intuitive operation that are decisive for the success of a product or an entire product category.
“Simply offering a touchscreen, which many companies did with their own smartphones after the iPhone success, is not enough. The overall concept has to fit and Apple is naturally easier than some because of the development of hardware and software under its own roof Competitors, "believes Cryan. Whether the new old product category of tablets will actually be successful in the long term depends to a large extent on the competing products coming onto the market. Cryan described the omens as promising.


No comment from Nokia
Nokia did not want to comment on the rumors about its own tablet to press release. In favor of such an undertaking, however, is the fact that Nokia, together with Intel, launched the Linux-based operating system Meego, which is to be used for tablets and other modern multi-touch devices, among other things. Last year, Nokia ventured into the netbook business with some delay. The device launched under the name Nokia Booklet 3G turned out to be only moderately successful.
Meanwhile, new details have leaked to the supposedly biggest current iPad rival, the HP Slate. The first HP tablet should be equipped with Windows 7 and cost between 549 and 599 dollars. As Engadget wants to know, two webcams and a USB and HDMI port should be integrated. In addition to Intel's smallest Atom processor Z530 (1,6 GHz), a gigabyte and DDR2 memory are provided. The battery life is given as a low five hours. The start of sales is unknown.

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