Nokia (NOK) Tablet Set For Apple (AAPL) iPad Clash

NEW YORK, (TheStreet) -- Nokia

gets further down the path toward a tablet showdown with Apple's

iPad. Confirming what TheStreet first reported in April, DigiTimes reports that Nokia has produced about 100 tablet prototypes for developers in the hopes of having an iPad-like touchscreen device ready for sale this fall. Nokia is expected to have an Intel-powered tablet running on the Meego operating system, says Rodman Renshaw analyst Ashok Kumar, who first noted the Nokia plans in April. DigiTimes however, says the Nokia tablet will be powered by an ARM

processor, but that would conflict with the Meego strategy, which is a partnership between Intel

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