Windows 8 Tablet Due in June
Nokia executive: The Nokia Lumia 800 will be joined by a Windows 8-powered tablet
The head of Nokia in France, Paul Amsellem said in an interview for a French newspaper that the company will introduce a Windows 8 tablet in June 2012. Nokia Chief Executive Stephen Elop didn't confirm any plans for tablets but pointed in the Financial Times the similarities in user interface between Nokia Lumia line of Windows Phones and the upcoming Windows 8 operating system.
Nokia has services it could bring to a Windows tablet, of course. But the synergies aren't always easy: Programs written for one operating system don't run on the other, so spanning the two devices means a lot of work for app developers.
Amsellem likened the new Nokia Lumia 800 Windows Phone to a BMW, saying that higher-end and lower-end models will arrive soon. Nokia already showed off the lower-end Lumia 710, and at Nokia World said higher-end models would arrive as well, but it's not shared details so far.
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