Who Wants a Nokia Tablet?

By Karen Fratti 

nokian1This morning, after teasing yesterday with a mysterious blackbox, Nokia announced the launch of a new tablet that looks just like the iPad mini. The Nokia N1 is a little thinner, running Android 5.0, and it’s primarily a showcase for Nokia’s “z Launcher.” From The Verge:

The idea behind Z Launcher, which is named after a gesture that lets you write out letters right on the screen, is to give you a list of apps and contacts that changes based on where you are and what you’re doing. You can also scribble out a letter in the middle of your homescreen to search what’s installed on your phone, or things on the internet through Google suggestions.

All anyone can talk about is how it’s an iPad mini clone. But it’s cheaper, has a cool reversible Type C USB, and will run on WiFi only.

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Uh, yea. I can think of a lot of reasons to want a cheap, light, little Android tablet made by Nokia, the first being that it’s probably tough enough to use as a portable Netflix and Hulu streaming device, one I wouldn’t mind handing over to my 5 year old cousin on family vacation. For me, Nokia means hardcore hardware, the kind you can beat up and still expect to live forever.

It’s not a set top box or an Apple TV clone (though I was crossing my fingers), but it will do for now. You can see the official specs from Nokia here. And don’t get grabby yet, the Finnish company is launching it in China first.

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