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It’s no great secret that Nokia has been eyeing the tablet market. Today brings confirmation that the company is actually developing hardware for it. Asked by Finnish magazine Kauppalehti Optio if Nokia is building a tablet, Marko Ahtisaari — the company’s top designer — replied, “We’re working on it,” adding that he devotes about a third of his time to the effort. Not a surprise, really. Launching a Windows 8 tablet is an obvious move for Nokia, one that its leadership has hinted at in the past. Indeed, CEO Stephen Elop made it clear last year that he feels Nokia’s hardware portfolio should extend beyond just handsets.
Yes, Nokia Is Building a Tablet - John Paczkowski - Mobile - AllThingsD
Our list of the best Android tablets in the world - regularly updated If you're looking for a tablet and don't fancy an iPad, then Android is currently the way to go. (Don't know what an Android tablet is? Check out: what is an Android tablet? )
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The Google tablet seems to be pitched squarely at Amazon's market for Kindle Fire (pictured). It will reportedly feature a seven-inch panel, run Google's Android - unsurprisingly - and will retail at less than $200, the same price as Kindle Fire Sources in the Far Eastern factories that build hi-tech components for companies such as Google, Apple and Amazon have hinted that Google's upcoming own-brand tablet will be seven inches, as opposed to iPad's 9.7. The sources in Google's supply chain believe that Google will launch the own-brand tablet PC in March or April, according to a report in Digitimes. It will reportedly feature a seven-inch panel, run Google's Android - unsurprisingly - and will retail at less than $200, the same price as Kindle Fire. That would pitch the gadget squarely at the market for Amazon's Kindle Fire - ie it would be a large entertainment device, not a 'laptop replacement' such as Apple's 9.7-inch iPad or Samsung's 10.1-inch Galaxy Tab.
Google 'to launch' Kindle Fire-sized seven inch tablet in March or April - reports | Mail Online
The original iPad may have launched way back in the mists of early 2010, but it's only now that there is a plethora of genuine iPad alternatives to choose from. Nvidia's Tegra 2 CPU has been the driving force in a new generation of dual-core Android 3.0 tablets, while wildcard alternatives like the TouchPad and the PlayBook also sprung up running completely different operating systems. We now stand on the brink of the next-next generation of tablets. Nvidia's Tegra 3 CPU will imminently cross the streams with Google's Ice Cream Sandwich Android 4.0 OS and give birth to a raft of exciting new products.
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