Kusukela eminyakeni yokuqala ye-iPhone, kube nezinkampani eziningi ezikhethe ipulatifomu ye-Apple lapho yethula amadivayisi. Inkampani yaseFrance i-Withings yethule uchungechunge lwemikhiqizo emakethe njengesikali, isilawuli somfutho wegazi, ikhamera yokuqapha ingane ... amadivayisi ayehambisana kuphela ne-iOS. Ngokuhamba kwesikhathi, inwebise amadivayisi ayo kungxenyekazi ye-Android ukuze ifinyelele kwinani elikhulu labasebenzisi. Eminyakeni embalwa edlule, wangena emhlabeni wezingubo zokugqoka ngokuvula amamodeli ahlukene abe yimpumelelo emakethe.
Ngonyaka odlule AbakwaNokia bathenga i-Withings, bathatha yonke inkampani ngama- $ 192 million nokuhlala nabasebenzi abangama-200 ababeyingxenye yayo ababehlanganiswe neNokia. Inkampani yaseFinland yathatha ithuba lokumemezela ukuthi ihlose ukugxila kumadivayisi ezempilo nokuqina, okuthethelela lokhu kuthengwa ukugwema ukuqala kusukela ekuqaleni, ngoba inkampani yaseFrance ibigxile kuphela kulo mkhakha iminyaka eminingana futhi iyinkomba emkhakheni.
Ngaphakathi kohlaka lwe-MWC, olugcinwe kulezi zinsuku eBarcelona, inkampani yaseFinland isimemezele ukuthi konke Ibanga le-Withings elizobizwa nge-Nokia ngaphambi kwehlobo. Kepha ngaphezu kwalokho, kuthathe ithuba ukwethula uhlobo olusha lwenganekwane iNokia 3310, ithuluzi elijwayele ukuthengiselana kahle emakethe, ngokobuchwepheshe kepha namanje oluyiselula efakiwe. Le modeli isinikeza ikhamera ye-2 mpx, i-micro SD slot slot, isikrini esingu-2,4-intshi nesisombululo se-QVGA futhi sifaka umdlalo wakudala wenyoka. Le Nokia 3310 entsha, ifaka phakathi ukuxhumana kweBluetooth neWifi. Ngaphakathi sithola isiphequluli se-Opera Mini ukuthi sikwazi ukuhamba ngendlela elula. Ngokuqondene nokuzimela, ngokusho komenzi singakhuluma amahora angama-22. Uma singasebenzisi ifoni, lesi sizukulwane esisha seNokia 3310 singahlala izinsuku ezingama-31 ngaphandle kokuzivuselela. Izotholakala ngemibala eminingi futhi izothengiswa ngo- $ 52.