Nokia said to be working on re-entering the tablet market

By on Apr 6, 2010 at 6:24 PM
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Although none of its previous attempts at cracking the tablet market have been met with success, Rodman Renshaw analyst Ashok Kumar piped up today and claimed that Nokia is once again going to try to break into the now-burgeoning market. So far there’s nothing in the way of evidence to support his claims, but we don’t think we need to look much further than the fact Nokia and Intel recently merged Maemo with Mobilin to create MeeGo to see that the chances of Nokia once again putting a tablet on store shelves are pretty good.

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  • 3Gs

    OK.

  • Tru Dat

    iPad widespread wifi problem = epic fail!!!!

    • …

      @tru dat
      tru dat

    • Elway7

      Just read an article from the owner of techcrunch.com he said his ipad wifi only worked if close to the router, and that his nexus one had no problem anywhere in his house.

  • LaToya’s rotten pussy (aka weakness)

    Nokia, who is Nokia?

    We sure hope they work hard on it, not like their Os that is really too basic.

    • LickADick..IN 3D

      I would say you should get out of your basement more. Who is Nokia? By all other reports/blogs/articles from the last couple months: the #1 handset manufacturer in the world.

      (by the way, that’s not a rotten pussy, thats just your head up your ass).

  • stevesvagina

    The only thing less desirable than a Meego tablet is a Badu tablet.

    • http://www.maemo-freak.com christexaport

      I think you’re totally wrong. Nokia basically invented the genre being enjoyed by the iPad with its N8xx/N900 line, with Maemo/MeeGo being designed for this years ago. Nokia forsaw this segment years ago, and has something great for tablet lovers coming real soon. Here’s a tip: Aside from size, the N900 already bets the iPad. So imagine what happens when Nokia releases its tablet successor. Real tablet fans are just waiting on that one. iPad? It’ll be ood for the initiates and Apple heads, but MeeGo and Android will have even more reach

  • MikeD

    Sure why not Nokia, join the party!

    • MikeD

      I’m waiting to see if the “its an over grown N95″ (or some other Nokia phone) jokes pop up.

      Oh I forgot, its not Apple, so the crowd here will be well behaved towards Nokia.

      • stevesvagina

        Thats because Nokia is not quite as arrogant or douchey as apple.

      • …

        if it turns out to be an overgrown n95, it will be called an overgrown n95.
        the ipad is an overgrown ipod touch, so it is called an overgrown ipod touch.

      • badonkadonk

        more likely an overgrown N900, but points for trying anyhow.

      • rederikus

        Wel, you see, CrApple INVENTED the tablet. They have the iPap on the market so they must have done.

        CrApple will sue Nokia for copying their idea and will ignore the fact that the Sony, Kindle and the Nook plus a few others, were on the market for months before the iPap

      • rederikus

        Well, you see, CrApple INVENTED the tablet. They have the iPap on the market so they must have done.

        CrApple will sue Nokia for copying their idea and will ignore the fact that the Sony, Kindle and the Nook plus a few others, were on the market for months before the iPap

      • rederikus

        Well, you see, CrApple INVENTED the tablet. They have the iPap on the market so they must have done.

        CrApple will sue Nokia for copying their idea and will ignore the fact that the Sony, Kindle and the Nook plus a few others, were on the market for months before the iPap.

  • SDreamer

    I remember when I was looking around for such a device, choosing between an iPod Touch and the N810. The I made the mistake of going for an iPod Touch I feel. I think the problem with Nokia is they don’t push their products here in the NA, so they get poor recognition for their devices. Now, because of that Apple, has totally taken that advantage and solidified their name around the world, not just in one region, even taking on Nokia on their home turf.

    • LickADick..IN 3D

      Trolls are down-ranking. No, you’re right. Nokia doesn’t push much in North America, thus leaving a wide open door for HTC and Apple. There’s nothing negative about that, it’s the truth. And despite that, still end up being a global leader.

      • http://www.maemo-freak.com christexaport

        No manufacturer “pushes” product in the US accept Apple. The reat are prohibited by the carriers from producing ads in the US. All mobile product ads are done by the carriers to positin products within a lineup. So blame at&t and TMobile, and Sprint and Verizon, but not Nokia.

  • DubYa

    Good bye netbooks. You had a nice short run. Looks like tablets are here to take your place.

    • MotoRoi

      Not for me, I dont understand looking at it straight down on a table, or holding it with one hand. just doesnt sound appealing to me.

  • Nokia N900

    Meego

  • Perspective

    No offense, but if you even know what the N95 is, back away from the computer, and get a date.

    Regarding Nokia “re-entering” the market, they were never in it to begin with. It’s like one of you tech geeks saying you’re going to “re-enter” your imaginary girlfriend in Canada. . .you can’t re-enter if you’ve never entered to begin with.

    As far as Nokia not pushing their products in North America, if pushing them is all it takes, why haven’t they done it? And why did they pull the plug on their stores?

    • SunglassesAtNight

      The Nokia Communicator products were originally called ‘tablets’. Check your history and stop arguing dumb semantics… just because Apple declares a larger, touch-screen device a ‘tablet’ does not mean they’ve defined ‘tablet’. Plenty of tech blog and articles out there say as much as well. What is a slate? What is a tablet? There is no definition and I give 2 shits over how you personally define it. I could take dump on a piece of paper and call it a tablet… somehow I doubt you’d accept that definition just cause I said so.

  • MikeD

    @Perspective,

    very happily married guy. LOL

    I think Nokia should take a shot at it. My point was about the bias on this site.

    I believe in giving everyone a chance. simple as that.

    so I am excited to see what they roll out if this news is true.

    Posted from BGR Mobile (iPhone).

  • Pythagoras

    UPDATE:

    Nokia Tablet

    • 40% the speed of a netbook
    • 200% the price of an iPad
    • 100% success according to geeks who will spend a richly rewarding
    • 0% heard of by public

  • Elway7

    I hope they Dont, then we would have to hear more b.s. about it being an apple copy.

  • jonathan T

    Well, I still have my N95 8g NAM since its unlocked, I bring it with me when I go abroad. Been with symbian for the last 5 years, but now I have an Iphone3gs(ooops feel the hate coming now). It is out of date now(not a touchscreen) but you can’t really trash it. Its a very powerful device. I remember just for the hell of it opening up 12 programs and not even a hiccup. Nokia was never in the US market, and it seems like the US market is a lost cause for them. No carrier wants to subsidize their top model phones and there virtually is no advertising here. Liking the maemo platform though, but I don’t think it will do well here. Nokia has awesome hardware, except their touchscreens needs to get better. They do very well in the rest of the world though. Nokia makes cheap phones too that the average joe in a third world country can afford. Being a former Nokia user its sad to see not having more of a presence here. Now, having an Iphone3gs is great because of its simplicity and coming from Symbian it feels refreshing. There is nothing wrong wanting a solid device where simplicity becomes the attraction for consumers. Tablet computing seems to be the in thing now and I think a Nokia tablet will go by way of the Nokia netbook

  • Counsel

    @Perspective: get some…

    N800 tablets were nice in their day. Since the N800 series devices were in production and in “the market,” Nokia would be re-entering the market. You can search for Nokia and tablet on Google or Yahoo.

    Never forget that people used to say Apple was dead…

    New Nokia phone prototypes look nice too. I’d buy a Nokia product.

    • Elway7

      Im glad you mentioned the n800, that was awhile ago and other tablets have been around before that. yet once again, people think apple invented this idea and anything else is a copy.

  • http://www.sadude.com Sadude

    I love how everyone in the states just brushes off Nokia. If you look at all the recent figures even though Nokia’s overall market share fell they are still selling more and more phones. They control 40%+ of the world market but all people talk about is apple. You just have to open your eyes in Europe and bham all you see is nokia. Yes they have closed stores here but they are here for the long haul. They’re move with free navigation is killer, just use the software and you can’t see the difference between their phone and a full blow navi device. Only difference is that with their phone you can make calls too and do at least 5 other things unlike apple who forces you to end a task.

    I know I will be dissed as a nokia fan boy but I have used Nokia since the nokia 6800. I know they build quality phones that are meant to last. If India, China, the middle east and europe all believe that Nokia is that great then why can’t the US?

    • LazyKid

      “If India, China, the middle east and europe all believe that Nokia is that great then why can’t the US?”

      because when it comes to purchasing mobile devices such as smartphones in the US, the 2 major shitty greedy carriers control the most of the market in a duopoly with price collusion. After years of “giving” phones away, we Americans think spending over 300 dollars for an unlocked phone out of contract is ridiculous. AT&T was too controlling to help Nokia gain ground in the US. Verizon is even worse when it comes to locking down…hell, CDMA is the perfect leash to keep customers in check. An Apple and Verizon deal wouldn’t have worked because both companies are too greedy and controlling to compromise. Verizon sees the profits that the iPhone brought to AT&T and now they want a piece of that action. Nokia will never succeed here unless they heed to the carriers demands and modernize their software, instead of pumping out N95 rehash after rehash.

    • jonathan

      Because we are at the mercy of our carriers. No one in the US likes to pay full price on the phone, we want it less (subsidized) and really end up paying more when the contract is up. So I imagine there is a lot of politics going on with the carriers as to which smartphone will be subsidized. Carriers like to put on their own bloatware on their phone basically changing the dynamics of it and manufacturers like Nokia don’t like it on their top end smartphones so if you want it, then you end up buying it unlocked from amazon, dell and etc. Thats how it is around the world, buying the phone is separate from the carrier plans and ends up cheaper in the long run. Unfortunately, we like to change phones practically every year or two whenever new technology is out. With Apple and Google dominating the smartphone industry, it will be thrice as hard for nokia to make it in the US. I figure they have the rest of the world so thats where they’ll concentrate. Having said that, large populated countries does not exactly translate into buying power, which the US has, so its important for them to have their top smartphones to have at least somekind of presence here. I like the N900, but I don’t know if its subsidized by T-mo.

      • SaDudE

        Yah I hear you…when I bought my N900 I paid $515 for it but I love my nokias and I know I am buying quality so I continually pay over $300 for my new phones. Currently my wife and I both have nokias…I have my E71 and she has the 5800 navi ediition…we both love them and the free navi now makes them super sweet

    • SunglassesAtNight

      We’re Americans. Only we exist. (Nevermind that we buy all our products from elsewhere or pay someone else to put them together for us). Only we matter. Your Nokias mean nothing.

      Though I have to point out: Nokia had a pretty high-profile product tie-in w/ Transformers.

  • Sir Trashcan

    Oh no! Nokia, would you give up already? Company who is surviving because of logistics and cheapo dumbphones won’t be able to make an iPad competititor. Just as it couldn’t create iPhone competitor. iPhone was released in 2007 – last time I checked my calendar it is 2010 now and Nokia has still not been able to create serious competitor to iPhone.

    Fanboys will disagree, but many would say Nokia is dying.

    • SunglassesAtNight

      iphone competitor = you might be right. Not knocking your criticism of that one.

      Nokia dying = hardly… not because I like Nokia (I haven’t owned a Nokia in over 5 years), but because of the NEWS and FACTS I’ve read in the last few months about their numbers. Fanboys listenting to other fanboys = the blind leading the blind.

      Besides, how the fuck is Nokia gonna die when pretty much all the other phone manufacturers have to PAY FOR THEIR PATENTS??? (Except for Apple of course!l)

  • Dara

    So many know nothing unpaid shills….

    Nokia never made it big in the US because their best phone features are not acceptable to American carriers.

    Anyone who’s owned an N95 since 2007, like myself, has spent next to nothing on long distance in that time. That’s because when I go to make a call I can pull up a menu that lets me choose between “Voice, Video, or Internet”. Nokia integrated VOIP and video calling into their smartphones because that’s what their customers want.

    They’ve spent next to nothing on internet services. That’s because the apps for Nokias are not limited in any way and they even provide free push email and free media hosting.

    They’ve spent next to nothing, including data fees, on GPS services. That’s because Nokia has always offered downloadable maps and made GPS standard on smartphones, and has recently made navigation standard as well.

    But that isn’t the kind of customer your carrier wants, so that isn’t the kind of phone they want in your pocket. They would rather you pay them for services than have a decent phone could provide them for you.

    If you don’t know about Nokias, then you’re a good customer. “Good boy, have an apple”.

    • Ar-kar

      I was wondering why Nokia didn’t make it big in U.S. Thanks! you answered my question.

    • jonathan

      Still love my N95 8gb NAM. I do use an Iphone now and enjoy it too. My wife actually uses it and does not even know the power behind that phone. Besides not being a touchscreen the hardware inside was top notch. Great reception, multi-tasking galore, sounds loud , 2 vid cams, good battery life and etc. Nokia won’t die, not with the world market they have, but hopefully they haven’t given up on the Us market. Its extremely hard for them to work the US because of Apple and google’s Android though. Touch OS is easy to work whether its the Iphone or android. Fandroids trash the Iphone user because of its simplicity, but look at me, coming from 6 years of Symbian Nseries use I still enjoy using the Iphone. I don’t mind simplicity as long as its well done, fast and polished.

    • SaDudE

      Nicely put…very nicely put!

  • E71Fan

    Can Nokia please work on their OS?! I am looking for a phone as sexy as the E71 with an OS that competes and appealing as the Android! If Nokia teamed up with Google, they could possibly make the best Smartphone ever!

    • SaDudE

      Well the E71 OS is actually much older than the E72 or the N97 or 5800. E71 still works perfect for me!

  • Ar-kar

    Always wonder why Nokia fails in U.S market, I was living in three countries before I came to U.S. Nokia is like de facto phone over there ( India+Brasil+Burma). I don’t know about now but when I was there, people don’t think much of LG or Samsung. Brazil was the only place with strong Motorola presence.
    When I looked for phones over here in Verizon last two years ago, I was shocked to see that it wasn’t even offering any Nokia at all.
    Now my time with Verizon is up now, I would have gotten those new Nokia Smartphone unlocked if Google didn’t show up with Nexus one.
    I think Nokia should ditch its OS and go for android. With it strong market in the world + android market, it will be the biggest thing in the world. Plus, Android market is affordable world wide. It will boost both Android and Nokia.

    • SaDudE

      The open source symbian will blow Android out of the water since it is truly open source…just wait for symbian^3 to drop before you think symbian and android should merge

    • http://www.maemo-freak.com christexaport

      Nokia’s presence is far bigger than Google’s worldwide.

  • jonathan

    @christexaport,
    I hope you are right you don’t have to convince me about Nokia. I’m the guy that was thinking of the N900 remember? I have seen the big presence of Nokia on Asia and would like see their top phones with carriers. Here in the US all I see are Iphones and Android devices as far as smartphones are concerned.

    Posted from BGR Mobile (iPhone).

  • MotoRoi

    All american,s see are there dumb to mid range phones. If you took a tour of the world, they are everywhere, great phones, smart phones, how many people are in china and europe? they dont need us to survie, they are doing just fine.

  • Luis

    Nokia is still #1 mostly because of their cheapo phones. Symbian will slowly lose to Android/iPhone/WP7/Blackberry. look at the decrease in Nokias shipments for Asia etc. iPhone and the others will slowly take marketshare.

    Not calling Nokia bad but their touchscreen leave a lot to be desired IMO. The N95 was an awesome phone and I don’t think N97 did it right. I doubt the Nokia tablets will reach iPad status. they may have been doing tablets/phones before Apple but they aren’t doing much to create a new user experience which the lowering marketshare shows.

    Posted from BGR Mobile (iPhone).

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