It seems that Nokia could well be the next company to jump in on the tablet bandwagon with word that it could be planning to release a device by Autumn.
If nothing else it's a space that Nokia is eminently prepared for...
Ever since Apple’s official announcement of its own tablet device, the by now apparently inescapable iPad, it seems that everyone with access to touch-screen kit has been pushing towards their own tablet devices, with Microsoft pushing HP’s Slate, along with a number of other devices, as Windows 7 tablet options. Now, it seems that Nokia is looking to get in on the tablet market too, and it could be well placed to do something interesting with its own tablet device.
Word on TheStreet is that industry analyst Ashok Kumar said of Nokia’s current position,
“Nokia hasn’t fielded any breakway products in years … This is a new windows, and Nokia had better be at the starting gate if and when the product category takes off.”
If nothing else, Nokia is well positioned to enter the tablet market, considering it’s long history with mobile internet devices [MIDs] that seemed to stop somewhere in between the current concept of smartphone and tablet. Moreover, the Finnish company’s Booklet 3G netbook, despite the fact that it doesn’t seem to have taken off in a big way, showed us that Nokia is capable of making an interesting entry to a crowded space.
Of course, given Nokia’s current financial situation, the fact is that it can ill afford any large-scale product failures. That much alone could keep it from trying to take on products like the iPad, whose access to the App Store will likely see it do well, or HP’s Slate, which is looking like a very robust option indeed.
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