Nokia confirms project to launch its own tablet

The section chief of design at Nokia, Marko Ahtisaari, confirmed to the Finnish magazine Kauppalehti Optio that the company is working on developing a tablet. The device reportedly tell the operating system and Windows 8 will be released later in 2012.

Tablet Nokia may have Windows 8

According to the statement Ahtissari, the designer would already be spending a third of their time in preparing the device. The statement reinforces the information disclosed last week by the site DigiTimes that Nokia has revealed plans to launch a dual-core tablet with Windows.

The CEO of Nokia, Stephen Elop, however, was more moderate in his statement on the launch of a tablet with the Microsoft system. "We're certainly going to consider this opportunity going forward," he said.

The confirmation of the rumor would further strengthen the partnership between the companies, which has already resulted in the making of Windows Phone 7 in 2011.