Nokia is rumoured to be preparing its first Android smartphone, which would either sit alongside or replace its existing range of Asha budget handsets & go on sale in 2014.
According to The Verge, unnamed Nokia employees have said the smartphone, codenamed Normandy, has been under development for some time.
The reason for the slow gestation is that Nokia is experimenting with a heavily customised version of the Android operating process - much in the same way that Amazon changes Google's interface for its Kindle Fire HD tablets.
They got our first look at a feasible Normandy prototype in November, when prolific Twitter spy @evleaks posted images of a red handset without the usual capacitive buttons or Windows logo. It was originally thought to be an Asha tool, but Nokia insiders have said otherwise.
Despite having sold its devices division to Microsoft, these rumours recommend Nokia is not going to be tied to the Windows Phone mobile operating process forever. The company has not said anything official, but with Mobile World Congress set for February they could only have a few months to wait.
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