The company is aware of the importance of slates in today’s market

May 3, 2012 08:08 GMT  ·  By

Finnish mobile phone maker Nokia has lost a lot of ground on the market in the past years, especially since the first quarter of the last year, when it announced plans to shift to Microsoft’s Windows Phone operating system on the smartphone segment.

The company reported €1.3 billion operating loss for the first quarter of this year and is expected to see more harsh quarters moving forth.

However, it appears that the vendor is confident that it will manage to turn the table in its favor. In fact, it has already made plans to return to profitability.

Speaking to Financial Times, Nokia's Chairman, Jorma Ollila, has let slip info on some of these plans, including the fact that there would be Windows 8 tablet PCs coming from the vendor.

Nokia is aware of the fact that its devices will have to impress, and that they will also have to be delivered on time.

“Tablets are an important one, so that is being looked into, and there will be different hybrids, different form factors [handset designs] in the future,” he said.

Jorma Ollila’s sayings reflect what the company's Head of Design, Marko Ahtisaari, stated not too long ago regarding Nokia’s plans to release Windows 8 tablets.

Rumor has it that Nokia is working on a 10-inch Windows 8 slate packing a dual-core Qualcomm SoC, but no official confirmation on the matter has been provided so far.

Nokia has yet to detail any upcoming devices, and is expected to launch a wide range of products based on Microsoft’s software.

Last year, the company announced a strategic partnership with the Redmond-based software giant, which resulted in the adoption of Windows Phone as its primary smartphone OS.

The partnership was suggested to have been extended to other products as well, including the yet unannounced tablet PCs, which should run under the forthcoming Windows 8 platform.