Boston, MA 02/11/2014 (wallstreetpr) – Nokia Corporation (ADR) (NYSE:NOK) is of late keeping a lot of its “in progress” products out of the public eye. The best that you can sometimes come around to what the company is developing in terms of smartphone devices are speculations, sometimes carried by some of the most recognized media outlets of the world, talk about Wall Street Journal.
The publication reveals that Nokia, which is selling its devices and services arm to Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT) for $7.3 billion, is going to unveil its Android smartphone targeting the low-end market later this month. The device that is currently known as ‘Normandy” but which will later be known as ‘Nokia X” once it starts shipping, will repordly be unveiled at the Mobile Word Conference, around February 24.
Modified Android OS
Sources close to the Finnish company and know the developments around the rumored device say that Normandy will feature modified version of Google Inc’s (NASDAQ:GOOG) Android. Also, the device will integrate into Microsoft services. Using modified Android OS follow in the footsteps of Amazon.com Inc (NASDAQ:AMZN) that has used the same version in its Kindle tablet devices.
Sources close to Nokia Corporation (ADR) (NYSE:NOK) also say the company would not put much emphasis on the development of Windows Phone at its upcoming presentation at the Mobile World Conference. Rather, the company will pitch more about its first Android smartphone – Normandy, or Nokia X.
Microsoft in Nokia’s Android
Further leaks around Normandy or Nokia X reveal that the device would include Windows Phone-like UI. And that it would be able to run apps like Twitter, Vine, Skype, Facebook and BBM. Still, photos have emerged over the past weeks, claiming to show the near-final Nokia Normandy and if the photos are anything to go by, the device looks more like Nokia Corporation (ADR) (NYSE:NOK)’s other Windows Phone low-cost handsets.
Conclusion
Nokia Corporation (ADR) (NYSE:NOK) will have a press session at the Mobile World Conference, so you can expect to catch the latest around Normandy or its Nokia X, saga.
