The company is in talks with Microsoft,Qualcomm and Compal Electronics to manufacture a 10-inch tablet running onWindows RT, says Taiwan-based tech website Digitimes, quoting supply chain sources. This rumoured Nokia slate is 'likely' to be showcased at Mobile World Congress, to be held in Barcelona in February, says the post.
This report in Digitimes also says that Nokia had previously considered making a Windows RT-based tablet working on Qualcomm's S4 processor in the early months of 2012. However, this idea was dropped when Microsoft announced its own tablet, Surface. Digitimes' sources said that Nokia thought it was prudent to wait to see the response to another tablet and proceeded to develop its phones.
In March this year, Nokia design chief, Marko Ahtisaari told a magazine that he was spending one-third of his time on an under-development tablet.
As part of its earlier plans, Compal was supposed to make 2,00,000 units of the Nokia tablet, Digitimes' report cites the sources as saying. However, seeing the tepid response to Microsoft Surface, Nokia is yet to finalise order volume as well as its plans to market the device, it says.
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