Nokia launches N1, first tablet by Nokia running Android

This is what we have been waiting for! THE NOKIA N1 ! Hence those early Z launcher updates passing through couple of days. Have a look, site is down but we managed to grab the scenery and the specs!

Tech Specs

• Height- 200.7mm
• Width- 138.6 mm
• Depth- 6.9 mm
• Body

1. One-piece design
2. Aluminum with surface anodization

• Weight- 318 g
• Colors- Natural Aluminum or Lava Gray
• Camera

1. 8 MP rear-facing camera with autofocus
2. 5 MP front-facing camera, fixed focus
3. 1080p video recording

• Buttons and connections

1. 3.5 mm audio
2. Micro-USB 2.0 with a Type-C reversible connector

• Display

1. 7.9 inch (4:3)
2. 2048×1536 resolution
3. Gorilla® glass 3
4. IPS panel with LED backlight
5. Fully laminated zero air-gap display

• Chip- Intel® 64-bit Atom™ Processor Z3580, 2.3 GHz
• Memory- LPDDR3 (800 MHz), 2 GB
• Storage- eMMC 5.0, 32 GB
• Graphics- PowerVR G6430, 533 MHz
• Audio

1. High Quality Discrete Audio Codec, Wolfson
2. WM8958E, independent audio codec

• Speakers

1. Two 0.5 W stereo speakers
2. 90 dB with less than 10% total harmonic distortion (THD)

• Microphone- Digital MIC Cavity resonance frequency more than 20 KHz
• Battery- 18.5 Wh (5300 mAh) rechargeable lithium polymer battery (3.7 V)
• Sensors- 6-axis Gyro+Accelerometer
• Wireless- Wi-Fi, (802.11a/b/g/n/ac); dual channel (2.4GHz & 5GHz) with MIMO
• Bluetooth, BT 4.0
• Software

1. Android™ 5.0 Lollipop
2. Nokia Z Launcher

It'll cost you $249 when it launches, but it's slated to land in China first in time for Chinese New Year (that's February 19, 2015) with a release in Russia to follow soon after. Check the promo video of the same below.

What Nokia's really proud of is the fact that you can scribble letters on the screen to quickly pull up apps that haven't surface on the list yet. I've been playing with a near-production build on a series of Android phones for the past few days, and it's surprisingly pleasant -- the letter recognition is snappy enough on my Nexus 5, and if you're feeling particularly bored, you can scrawl out Google search queries one letter at a time. Curious for a taste before the N1 hits store shelves? Wunderbar: the final version of Z Launcher will go live in the Google Play Store shortly, complete with support for rooted devices. Don't let anyone tell you that complaining loudly won't get you what you want.

The N1 is a curious little beast, a chimaera of sorts infused with DNA from Nokia, Google and Apple (even though Nokia would probably deny that last one). We're not sure if Nokia can move the needle in a crazy-competitive tablet market, but there is one thing we're sure of: we can't wait to try this thing out.