Nokia Windows 8 Tablet “Teased”

Love Nokia? Well, here’s one good news for you. Nokia’s design chief has confirmed via a local Finland magazine that they’re planning to launch a sexy tablet soon, and it looks like the operating system is Microsoft’s Windows 8.

One of the top Windows Phone makers, Nokia is reportedly set to compete against Apple’s iPad and Android tablet computers this year with their own rendition of “post PC” device, a tablet computer that will likely offer the new Windows 8 operating system of Microsoft.

“We are working on it,” Nokia’s Marko Ahtisaari reportedly told the magazine. “We continue to eye the tablet space with interest, but have made no specific announcements.”

Windows 8 is expected to hit the market later this year through laptops and tablet computers. Microsoft will showcase its new-found love “Metro UI” plus the option to use the traditional PC user interface with mouse support while the Metro Windows 8 interface will focus mainly on touch-based devices.

Aside from the tablet computer, Nokia is also set to offer more Windows Phone smartphones this year including the Nokia Lumia 900 that will go on sale beginning next month in United States.

Via Reuters.

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Windows 8 on ARM: Nokia Tablet possible?

New report suggests fewer ARM-based Windows 8 devices, Nokia’s Tablet could be included?

We might see a Nokia Tablet running Windows 8 and ARM “inside”, based on Nokia’s Windows Phones, as well as the statement issued by Nokia’s Marko Ahtisaari, but a new report is suggesting that the Windows 8 launch this year will introduce “fewer than 5? devices.

According to Bloomberg’s anonymous sources, this year’s much-anticipated Windows 8 launch will introduce more than 40 Intel-based tablets and laptops, but fewer than five will join the family. This is not a “big deal” for an average customer, but for developers, it is.

One of the sources of the news site said the numbers are related to Microsoft’s “rigorous quality-control standards,” adding that at least three of the possible five ARM-based devices are tablet computers, or devices that will directly compete against Apple’s popular iPads including the new iPad or the “iPad 3.”

New Windows 8 tablets are expected to hit the market in October, a month ahead of the Black Friday season.

Last week, multiple reports quoting a local Finland-based magazine said that Nokia is currently working on its tablet PC.

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