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Nokia Booklet - Nokia's first foray into the netbook market

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http://www.engadget.com/2009/0...ooklet-3g-mini-laptop/

Nokia rocked the world this morning by introducing its spin on the laptop, called the Booklet 3G. If you're the rude sort (like us) you could call it a fancy netbook, what with its Atom processor and 10.1-inch display, but that screen is higher res than your average Eee, and it also sports integrated 3G wireless and a hot-swappable SIM card, so it's definitely trying to define its own niche. It looks to be running Windows 7, which isn't particularly netbooky, and also has integrated A-GPS with a copy of Ovi Maps, HDMI output, a rated 12 hour battery life, and the usual Bluetooth and WiFi connectivity, all in a 2cm (.78 inch), 2.7lb aluminum body that's understated, sophisticated, and should make most Nokia fans very happy -- Nokia fans who are looking for a tiny laptop, anyway.
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It sure does look darn nice. Curious to see the price.
 
This looks nice. If I haven't given up on current gen Atom netbooks I'd be seriously interested in getting one. Nokia is my favorite phone manufacturer and their wifi-only tablets have also been pretty good.
 
$800 is a little too high...but HSDPA seems nice, if Nokia stopped doing separate versions for NAM (3G 850/1900MHz) and Asia/Europe (3G 2100MHz).
 
For the integrated A-GPS, HDMI, 3G, aluminum body, etc. etc., I think it's a fair price. If anything it should have a much better feel construction wise compared to current netbooks on the market. If anything that 12 hour battery life is astounding if it can live up to it.
 
even with aluminum it will price itself out of the netbook market. these things will hardly sell. if you spend 800, you might as well pony up a couple hundred more and get a mac


 
Originally posted by: IlllI
even with aluminum it will price itself out of the netbook market. these things will hardly sell. if you spend 800, you might as well pony up a couple hundred more and get a mac
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You won't get a MAC with that kind of lightness, 3G capability, portability, and power (not to mention the utility of the Windows OS), for $1,000. 😛

I fully agree it won't sell as well. But then again when isn't that the case? $300-$500 junkyish notebooks far outsell MacBooks, Lenovos, and especially higher tier boutique manufacturers.

Those people looking for a simple netbook will always be looking for such a netbook. Those who want a solidly built machine capable of getting internet without the need for dongles along with HDMI for a portable multimedia machine will be heavily interested in this machine.

I certainly would be if I was with a phone company that offered GSM (Alltel here).
 
13in macs are pretty portable. the difference between 3lbs and 4lbs is negligible. unless it is heavily discounted, nobody is going to buy a crappy netbook in a pretty, expensive shell. whats that saying? you can polish a turd but it will still be a turd? pretty much any company offer some kind of 3g as an option. heck, you can go to the at&t website and see the netbook promotion they are running http://www.wireless.att.com/ce.../specials/netbooks.jsp not too long ago you could have gotten it for $99 with 2 year contract. assuming that $800 price is true, people looking for a system the size of a netbook have a vast array of other netbooks half the price of that nokia one. not all netbooks have hdmi out though, but that should change once more adopt the ion platform
 
It definitely seems like a nice entry to the market. I'm a bit unhappy with my NC10, but only because I mistakenly bought a non-3G version (long story), but also don't really have the resources to upgrade even if the Booklet doesn't end up costing a lot (which I think it will).

The major downer for me is that it's not dual-core. I think it would've been a very good selling point to have one of the first (or is it first?) dual core Atom netbooks on the market. I've found flash web players and some other things I regularly use would certainly benefit from a bit more "punch".

I'm also wondering what the graphics chip is given the HDMI output... I suppose probably something along the lines of X3100 or GMA4500? Ion seems a bit unlikely.
 
it might have the Poulsbo chipset. which was rumored to be coming out in the later part of 2009 and have hardware video decode acceleration

 
meh, Nokia's in trouble, they were the top of the heap in the phone market, then got hosed by Apple & BB et al.

Too expensive, and it won't take long for Asus/Dell/China Inc to duplicate the features and sell it for hundreds less.
 
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