Nokia announced its first lollipop tablet, Nokia N1 last month with its own UI on top which called the Nokia Z Launcher. Well, lucky enough, the Nokia Z Launcher is still in BETA stages and has been updated to version 1.0.5 with some bug fixes and now works on more devices.

The Launcher learns from your usage and picks up contextual cues (e.g. whether it's morning or evening), but the feature that sets it apart is scribbling.

Instead of having to hunt down the right shortcut though an alphabetized list, you just your finger to write the first letter and the Z Launcher will display matching apps sorted by how much you use each one of them.

The Z Launcher on the Lollipop-running Nokia N1 tablet is an exclusive version, but you can download the BETA generic version 1.0.5 from the APK link below for a small taste of the experience engineered by Nokia.

Nokia Z Launcher 1.0.5 [APK]

It may be surprising, but this is true! Nokia has just launched a New Android Tablet, named it Nokia N1. The tablet is powerd by Intel Atom CPU running Android 5.0 Lollipop and Nokia Z Launcher UI on top of it.

Nokia N1 has a 7.9-inch IPS QHD display with a dual-speakers on its bottom for great sound experience, I don't need to tell you about the build quality of Nokia products.

Here are the Main Specs of the device:

- 7.9-inch, 2048x1536 (4:3) IPS LCD with Gorilla Glass 3 and fully laminated zero air gap display.
- 64-bit 2.3GHz Intel Atom Z3580 processor, PowerVR G6430.

- GPU with 2GB RAM.
- 32GB built-in memory (non-expandable).
- 8 megapixel rear camera, 5 megapixel front camera.
- Dual channel 802.11a/b/g/n/ac Wi-Fi with MIMO, Bluetooth 4.0.
- Micro-USB 2.0 with a Type-C reversible connector.
- Stereo speakers.
- 5300mAh battery.
- Unibody aluminum design; available in Natural Aluminum or Lava Gray colors.

The Nokia N1 will be launched in China first in Q1,2015 for an estimated price of $249 and in other markets at a later date.

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Nokia seems to be over. Sadly, the Finish Giant won't be releasing any Smartphones anymore, this was confirmed by Nokia CEO Rajeev Suri at a recent analyst meeting in London. Nokia will still consumer products to its fans.

Nokia, the former biggest phonemaker in the world, could get its return as soon as tomorrow Nokia just teased that it has been working on something. It will show it off or talk about it at the #Slush14 startup and entrepreneur meetup that starts tomorrow in Helsinki and is said to gather some 10 thousand people.

The teaser itself shows a new device but we can only guess what it is a HTPC, a TV, home automation tech? Hopefully we're going to know all about it tomorrow.

It's hard to imagine Nokia not making any smartphones or phones in general but we'd wager a guess that it's not all over for the company, despite what its CEO reassures us of now. CEOs change and so do plans in the tech world and Nokia is only forbidden to make Nokia phones until December,31st of 2015.

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Microsoft is killing Nokia Branding step by step, the company just announced the "Microsoft Portable Power DC-21" with a 6,000 mAh charger available in three different bright colors. It is the most powerful charger by the company to date, but it is also the first one using the new branding "Microsoft" not "Nokia" or "Lumia".

Since Microsoft is dropping the Nokia branding already, I guess the rumors were true and upcoming phones and accessories will be Microsoft branded as well.

About the charger now. Microsoft Portable Power is a 6,000 mAh portable charger available in white, green and orange. When used with Nokia Universal Fast USB Charger AC-60 (or any 1.5A wall charger I suppose), it goes up to 80% for three hours and up to 100% in four hours. The Charger will cost about $50.

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Nokia Official Facebook page just posted a Photo saying that it has moved to a new "Home" referring to a new website (microsoft.com/mobile) instead of (nokia.com/lumia).

It looks like Microsoft has already started re-branding it's Mobile device, trying to replace the Nokia brand with its own, So it will soon be "Microsoft Lumia" not "Nokia Lumia" as a way to kill the Nokia brand.

So all we have to say is Goodbye Nokia, you've been a great innovative company.

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