Nokia Normandy budget Android phone in the works, due in 2014: Report

Nokia, which has been supporting the Windows Phone platform like a lone ranger, might be finally changing gears and soon releasing an Android phone, if a report is to be believed.

The Verge cites sources familiar with Nokia's plans as saying that the Finnish handset maker has been working on its first Android phone, codenamed Normandy, and that it is expected to be launched in 2014. Interestingly, the report reveals that Nokia, following the lead of Amazon, is working on a fully-tailored or forked version of Android, like the software on the online retail giant's Kindle Fire tablet range.

The rumoured Nokia Normandy smartphone is said to be targeted at the low-cost segment as an Asha-equivalent smartphone, but with access to more traditional smartphone apps - a benefit that the report suggests has been missing in Nokia's dated Series 40-based Asha phones. Further, the report describes the Nokia Normandy efforts as 'full steam ahead'.

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