Nokia unveils N1 tablet, first after Microsoft sale

Within a year of selling its handset and services business to Microsoft, Nokia has again entered the mobile devices segment by unveiling a new tablet N1 in partnership with Taiwanese company Foxconn.

Nokia's first tablet since sale of its devices business to Microsoft for about $7.2 billion in April this year is built on the latest Android platform Lollipop.

To begin with, the N1 tablet will be available from the first quarter of 2015 in China for $249 before taxes and gradually in other markets.

The Nokia statement said that N1 has industrial design and comes with Z Launcher, which allows users to scribble a letter or two to find their content quickly.

The device N1 has 2GB of RAM and 32GB of storage. It comes with a 5300mAh battery and 8-megapixel rear camera and 5- megapixel front camera.