The Normandy, previously known as the 'Asha on Linux project' and "MView", is a low-end Andriod device under development by Nokia.
Nokia may not have officially revealed plans for making Android devices, but rumors about the company's first Android-powered smartphone, thought to be code named Normandy, are buzzing again.
Nokia's alleged first Android smartphone, Normandy in various color variants. The tweet reads, "Nokia Normandy, 2013" and includes the purported render of the device. It also indicates that Nokia might launch the alleged Normandy by end of this year.
The Nokia Normandy's leaked render shows the yet-to-announced device sporting a similar design to the Asha touch range of phones. There is a physical back button on the front panel of the alleged Normandy, as seen in leaked render. The rear panel is seen with the camera accompanied by the Nokia logo branding in the middle. The rumored Nokia Normandy can be expected to come in Black, Cyan, Mint Green, Red, Yellow and White colors, if the leaked render is believed.
If the rumors turn out to be true, Nokia, which has been supporting the Windows Phone platform like a lone ranger, might be finally changing gears and entering Android segment with its first device.
Earlier, a report had claimed that the NORMANDY in 2014 and described the Nokia Normandy efforts as 'full steam ahead'. The report also revealed that Nokia, following the lead of Amazon, has been working on a fully-tailored or forked version of Android, like the software on the online retail giant's Kindle Fire tablet range.
Further, the alleged Nokia low segment as an Asha-equivalent smartphone, but with access to more traditional smartphone apps - a benefit that the report suggested has been missing in Nokia's dated Series 40-based Asha phones.
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