The leftover part of Nokia today surprised everyone by releasing a $249 Android tablet, dubbed the N1. The tablet comes with a 7.9-inch screen that is laminated to the glass and sports a resolution of 2048 x 1536. The ex-Finnish giant has licensed the manufacturing, design and its Z Launcher app to Foxconn, who will be manufacturing and distributing the device. Design wise, the tablet looks similar to the iPad mini and has been made out of a single block of anodized aluminium. The tablet is 318 grams heavy and 6.9mm thin. It also comes with bottom facing stereo speakers and is among the first devices in the market to feature a reversible microUSB 2.0 port with a Type C connector. http://youtu.be/IwJmthxJV5Q Under the hood, the Nokia N1 is powered by a 64-bit quad core Intel Atom Z3580 processor clocked at 2.3GHz, a PowerVR G6430 GPU, 2GB RAM, 32GB of storage space and a high quality discrete audio codec from Wolfson (WM8958E). Other notable hardware features include dual-band Wi-Fi support with MIMO, Bluetooth 4.0, a 5300mAh battery, an 8MP rear-camera and a 5MP front-facing camera. The N1 is also among the first tablets announced that runs on Android 5.0 Lollipop with Nokia’s Z Laucnher running on top of it. At the moment, it is unclear whether Nokia has bundled Google’s apps and services on the tablet or not. The Nokia N1 will only cost $249 without taxes and will be available in China by the Chinese New Year next year (Feb. 19th). It will also be available in select Russian and European markets.
