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The Nokia tablet could well be a reality after rumours have surfaced suggesting that the company is working on a 10-inch Windows 8 RT tablet to rival the Microsoft Surface RT.

DigiTimes reports that the company is working with Qualcomm and another hardware company to look into the viability of launching a Windows 8 tablet next year alongside its flagship Windows Phone 8 smartphones.

With a strong relationship to Windows Phone 8 through the Nokia Lumia 920 and the original Lumia 800, Nokia certainly has the experience needed to create such a tablet.

That said sources close to the matter have implied that Nokia is still currently looking at the market after sales of Windows 8 tablets have not been as high as the company had hoped.

Of course that doesnt mean we wont see a prototype come CES 2013 as many of the technology companies will be looking to debut their upcoming products including Samsungs new 110-inch UHD TV and the possibility of a new flagship smartphone from HTC.

This isnt the first time Nokia has been rumoured to be launching a tablet, back in March Nokia Design Chief Marko Ahtisaari confirmed that he was working on a Nokia Windows 8 tablet.

Before that it was rumoured the company was working on a MeeGo tablet however this was before Nokia made the decision to move to Windows Phone.

With tablets like the new iPad and the iPad Mini both claiming huge shares of the market Nokia will be looking to create something that can compete with both the Windows 8 market and the wider spectrum of operating systems available.

source:T3

Theres been no shortage of chin-wagging about a Nokia slate in the past, but needless to say its never amounted to much. In fact, the murmurs and patent applications largely died away prior to the coming of Windows RT, leading us to conclude that the Finnish manufacturer had decided to step back from the tablet tussle rather than wade in. That said, Digitimes is now reporting that Nokia is once again "talking" to hardware partners -- namely Qualcomm and Compal -- about developing a Windows RT device. Mobilegeeks and our own sources have stepped up to support the gist of this report, although they didnt go nearly as far as Digitimes in claiming that a 10-inch product would be done and dusted in time for MWC, which means were left with nothing concrete. One thing does seem likely: Surface may not be selling well enough, despite its merits, which potentially creates room for another Microsoft-aligned manufacturer to carry the RT baton forward.

via: engadget