The Nokia N1 features a customised version of Android developed by the Finnish firm
Nokia is launching an Android-powered tablet, marking the Finnish company's return to consumer electronics.
The surprise launch pits the firm against Microsoft, which completed its takeover of Nokia's previous mobile-devices business in April.
The N1 tablet is due to go on sale in China towards the start of 2015, ahead of other countries.
Nokia said it was not making the device itself, but had licensed its brand, design and software to a third-party.
Taiwanese manufacture Foxconn is the licensee.
Microsoft sells Nokia-labelled kit of its own, including the Lumia 2520 Windows RT-powered tablet.
Earlier this month, it unveiled its first Lumia smartphone without the Nokia name. But it indicated that it would continue using the brand on its less powerful "feature phone" line-up, saying it had the right to do so for up to a decade under the terms of its $7.2bn (£4.6bn) takeover.
The N1 is a 7.9in (20.1cm) aluminium-framed tablet, whose design resembles the iPad Mini.
Unlike Apple's device, however, it is powered by Google's Android 5.0 operating system, features an Intel Atom processor and has a Micro-USB slot.
The N1 features a 64-bit Intel quad-core Atom processor and an aluminium shell
The N1 features a 64-bit Intel quad-core Atom processor and an aluminium shell.
It runs Nokia's own Z Launcher user interface - known as a skin - on top of Android.
The previously announced software allows owners to draw letters on the tablet's screen with one of their fingers to search for related content and changes the apps presented on the machine's home screen according to the time of day and the device's location.
By Leo Kelion
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