Nokia, the No. 1 mobile phone maker, has sealed its plans to enter the netbook race.

http://www.thestreet.com/story/10482...day-nokia.html

Some if not all of the production of the new mini-PCs will be handled by one of Nokia's original device manufacturing partners, Taiwan's Foxconn, these people say.

Nokia hinted in February that it was at the crossroads of mobile phones and PCs and that it was "looking very actively" at making netbooks.

Nokia's partnership with Foxconn would help shield the Finnish phone shop from some of the high costs of developing and making an entirely new product. Foxconn could also begin production more quickly than if Nokia took on the challenge alone.

Nokia originally struck a deal with Foxconn a few years ago when it needed a manufacturer to build phones for Verizon (VZ Quote).

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Question: will be Maemo OS used in the new netbook? (most probable, yes - I don't think Symbian OS will go that far).