Nokia Mini Android Prototype
 

Hello everyone. Today I was able to take a look on a very odd device. A Nokia prototype running Android. The phone has the form of an iPod Nano 7th gen but without a home button . Model was rm-1026. Android version was 4.3, and had a custom launcher where you could like draw a letter on the interface and showing you the apps starting with that letter.
Construction was aluminium, micro-usb and nano sim card.
Anyone having more information about this?

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Dimmensions were most appropiate to a car key. Like an Audi remote.

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That sounds like nokia z launcher, it was released in 2014

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The Android launcher is very similar to z launcher, but in an early development state . The more interesting fact is about the device, it was so small for an Android device ...

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Has anyone seen a device like this so far?

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Any picture from you? It would be interesting to see it.
So I suppose the size is like a smartwatch.

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I was not allowed to take pictures..... it is bigger than a smartwatch, it is almost the same size, maybe a little taller than ipot nano 7th gen.
It was made of Aluminium , on the front was the screen up top and on the bottom part a speaker grill. The nano sim and usb port were on the upper part of it. Camera was without flash, no nokia logo, on star-up a “NAU” logo. On back were engraved prototype , imei no and RM-1026

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I've only heard rumors of a device, but nothing I could point towards that would assist on your search.

Funny how many things actually exist as a prototype but rarely ever come out as a product. Seems like a smaller device would have been a hit amongst this crowd here - the Android would have been a hard sell though.

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I uploaded a pic with it :)

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So cool! Pity it was buried.

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Wow, that looks nice, akin to last year's Unihertz Jelly perhaps, but much more premium looking.

Any indication of roughly when it was made? I guess Android 4.3 gives some indication...

And was it destined to be a later model in the (old) Nokia X range?
Does it run the full set of Google Play services or the arrogant we-can-do-this-on-our-own Nokia X platform that obviously never got any traction?

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Pretty nice! But I see it better suited as mp3 player than as a phone...or using old school T9 instead of a virtual qwerty keyboard :)

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No google play services, only Chrome installed and a bunch of qualcomm test apps.
It was probably made in 2014 or so. I will post later a few more pics, stay tuned :).

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More pics :)

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So ... who do we pay to get this made with a more modern chipset in?

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Don’t know but I would buy one. Reminds me of old Sony Xperia Ray...awesome device then...

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The same guys who will make a N900 or N950 with a modern chipset.

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So... nobody?

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Well, I heard there's this guy Michael who's avid at recreating things that are obsolete & out-of-sale... Maybe contact him? :D