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Microsoft Snaps Its Fingers, And Presto! Nokia Is Making Tablets

Nokia Lumia 1520

Nokia Lumia 1520

Microsoft can always count on Nokia as the linchpin of devices and services strategy—good thing, too, since Microsoft is spending more than $7 billion to acquire its stalwart ally. The latest sign of the companies’ emerging codependence: Nokia’s belated entry into the market for tablets.

Tablets?

Today at a Nokia World event in Abu Dhabi, Nokia is unveiling six new devices, three of which are running Windows. The biggest, quite literally, of the bunch is Nokia’s first tablet to use Windows. The Nokia Lumia 2520 is a 10.1-inch tablet running Microsoft’s Windows RT 8.1 operating system on a quad-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 2.2 GHz processor with a 6.7 megapixel camera. The Lumia 2520 will retail at $499 and will ship this quarter.

Nokia also announced two large smartphones to go with the Lumia 2520 tablet: the Lumia 1520 is a 6-inch “phablet” smartphone as is the low-end Lumia 1320. The Lumias 1520 and 1320 are Nokia’s first entrance into smartphones with screens bigger than 5-inches and sports will boast a 20-megapixel camera, the same Snapdragon 800 processor and a robust 3,400 mAh battery.

Nokia also announced three new Asha smartphones, its low-end feature phones with smart capabilities — For more information read the original article here.

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