Nokia's Windows RT Tablet Gets Detailed
10.1-inch display said to be joined by a keyboard cover featuring a battery pack. Features 10-inch screen and Qualcomm's S4 processor.
Last Thursday brought rumors that Nokia was working on a Windows RT tablet. Though CES is just around the corner, the company was said to prepping the device for a Mobile World Congress launch in February of 2013. This week brings more information on the 10-inch Qualcomm-powered device.
According to The Verge, Nokia's Surface RT device will pack HDMI and USB support along with a 10.1-inch display that is said to be similar to the panel on Microsoft's own Surface RT tablet. The information comes from unnamed sources who spoke to the Verge on Monday. These sources say Nokia is focusing a lot of its energy on the cover of the device, which clicks into place and offers both a keyboard and a kickstand (just like Microsoft's Type Cover). However, this cover is also said to feature a battery pack, which would provide additional power for the tablet, along with two additional USB ports.
Digitimes last week reports that Nokia delayed its tablet due to Microsoft's surprise announcement of the Surface. The company apparently decided it would be best to focus more on smartphones based on the Windows Phone 8 platform. Back in March, Nokia's head of design Marko Ahtisaari said that the Finnish firm had a tablet currently in the works. He confirmed to a Finnish magazine: "We are working on it." The firm itself responded to the comments by the executive by stating: "We continue to eye the tablet space with interest but have made no specific announcements."
Mobile World Congress is scheduled kicks off in late February at its usual location of Barcelona, Spain.

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Err... the Surface's kickstand is on the tablet itself, not the Type Cover (I don't even know how a kickstand on the cover would work). So is there going to be a kickstand on the tablet akin to the Surface's, or is there a mechanism for holding the tablet upright in the cover?
There are only 3 ways I can see it standing up right:
1) The type cover is heavy enough, or close to as heavy as the tablet it self, so that it doesn't fall back.
2) The type cover extends back beyond the tablet, perhaps something that flips out to make it extend past the tablet on a surface.
3) The kickstand on the tablet itself.
2 and 3 make the most sense, as you don't want to make it any heavier than it needs to be. 3 has the added benefit of letting it stand up right even without the type cover, which is what the Surface does.
They made the 3210. It was shock proof, idiot proof, water proof, drop proof and could even microwave popcorns. Beat that !
Surface pro is nice machine but: very expensive, eats a lot of power (because of very powerfull CPU) It is more like a laptop with remoweable screen. There is a lot space between Surface pro and Surface RT.