Nokia's plans to enter the tablet market may exclude (or not) its recent American smartphone partner, Reuters reports.
The news agency's source says Nokia is considering its tablet options-- which include MeeGo, the Nokia-Intel OS project.
Even if Apple still dominates a crowded tablet market (while an increasingly crowded competition squabbles for the remaining scraps) Nokia still wants a slice of the pie-- but appears to be taking its time in order to "get its first tablet right".
Another question still remains-- did Intel drop the MeeGo ball? As Nokia pairs up with Microsoft for its post-Symbian smartphone plans, Intel is said to be looking for new partners in its aims for the mobile market.
Meanwhile Windows is still pushing Windows as a tablet platform, and should be launching a Windows 8 tablet by 2012.