Nokia on Tuesday announced the N1,
what the company is calling the "first Nokia-branded
Android tablet." The tablet will be launched in China in Q1 2015 with a
brand-licensing agreement extending to an OEM partner that will manufacture,
distribute, and sell it. It will cost $249 (roughly Rs. 15,400) before taxes.
With the launch of the Nokia N1 tablet, the company neatly bypasses
the restrictions imposed by the Microsoft deal on using the brand name for
smartphones or feature phones.
The Finnish telecommunications giant
says the Nokia N1 tablet features the "predictive Nokia Z Launcher"
interface on top of Android 5.0 Lollipop, apart from a "carefully-crafted
industrial design". Nokia says the N1 tablet features a "unique
one-piece aluminium design with a soft finish", and will be available in
Lava Grey and Natural Aluminium colours.
The Nokia N1 features a 7.9-inch
(2048x1536 pixel) IPS LED-backlit display protected by Gorilla Glass 3, and is
powered by a 64-bit 2.3GHz Intel Atom Z3580 processor (4 cores, 4 threads)
coupled with a PowerVR G6430 GPU and 2GB of LPDDR3 (800MHz) RAM. It sports 32GB
of inbuilt storage (non-expandable).
Nokia's N1 tablet features an
8-megapixel rear autofocus camera with 1080p video recording, and a 5-megapixel
fixed focus camera. Connectivity options include Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/n/ac with
MIMO, Bluetooth 4.0, Micro-USB with reversible Type-C connector, and a 3.5mm audio
jack.
The N1 tablet from Nokia weighs in
at 318 grams, and measures 200.7x138.6x6.9mm. Also onboard are 0.5W stereo
speakers, and a 5300mAh battery. For sensors, it sports a 6-axis gyroscope and
an accelerometer.
Sebastian Nystrom, Head of Products
at Nokia Technologies, who announced the N1 at the Slush technology conference
in Helsinki, said, "We are pleased to bring the Nokia brand back into
consumers' hands with the N1 Android tablet, and to help make sophisticated
technologies simple. The N1 has a delightfully intuitive interface and an
industrial design to match it. This is a great product for Nokia fans and
everyone who has not found the right Android tablet yet."
As for the "predictive Nokia Z
Launcher", Nokia says it helps users to "scribble a letter or two to
find their content quickly. Over time the Z Launcher learns what applications
are in use, and predicts and highlights the applications consumers are expected
to want based on time of day and location."
No comments:
Post a Comment