Nokia Booklet 3G Preview
by admin on Aug.24, 2009, under Netbook, News, Nokia, Nokia Booklet 3G, Release
Ok, so we all know that Nokia was planning to enter the netbook/notebook market, and apparently it did so by creating a “Booklet”. The Nokia Booklet 3G is basically a slightly more powerful netbook (for an unknown price). Nokia’s Exec. VP for Devices, Kai Oistamo, had this to say about the Booklet 3G:
A growing number of people want the computing power of a PC with the full benefits of mobility. We are in the business of connecting people and the Nokia Booklet 3G is a natural evolution for us. Nokia has a long and rich heritage in mobility and with the outstanding battery life, premium design and all day, always on connectivity, we will create something quite compelling. In doing so we will make the personal computer more social, more helpful and more personal.
I must admit, the device itself looks quite appealing, with a very understated yet elegant simplicity. Indeed the device does remind us of a somewhat older, more classic, Nokia design. The Booklet 3G has some fairly impressive specs to be competing with the netbooks of today:
- Atom CPU
- 10.1″ HD Display
- Built-in Webcam
- HDMI Out
- Bluetooth/Wi-Fi/3G/HSDPA
- Several USB ports, 3.5mm audio out
- SD card reader (SHDC? SDXC?)
- Integrated A-GPS with Ovi Maps!
- 12hr battery life
- 2cm thick
- 1.25kg
- unconfirmed: Windows 7
Nokia Booklet 3G
The specs look really promising, in fact this would be the perfect in-car computer, depending, of course, on what kind of hard-drive it has. For the complete spec list and price info we’ll have to wait until Nokia World 09.
I was just thinking about the target market for this, and I realised that the potential is quite large. Students that prefer to have an always-on internet connection or that require GPS in their laptop could definitely use this. Of course while most universities now offer campus-wide Wi-Fi, this would be great for completing projects on the bus. And just like for exchange-students that would be greatly helped by GPS when navigating strange cities, travelling Businessmen would also find this feature quite helpful. However for the businessmen the built-in 3G would be more helpful for accessing internet en-route to a client’s location or at the client’s location during, say, a presentation (basically same reason someone would get the USB 3G stick).
The battery life in this beast is also quite impressive, and even more so considering how light it is. However, I would be quite interested to find out just how HD the Booklet’s 10.1″ HD screen is.
As for now, we have a video and a gallery for you to peruse.
 Nokia Booklet 3G Back |
 Nokia Booklet 3G Blue |
 Nokia Booklet 3G Camera |
 Nokia Booklet 3G Colours |
 Nokia Booklet 3G Group |
 Nokia Booklet 3G HDMI |
 Nokia Booklet 3G Open |
-Nokia FanBoy
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December 22nd, 2009 on 9:26 pm
I had the black version of this exact model.
Liked the matte finish – most netbooks have shiny frame around screen and often shiny plastic around keyboard and fingerprint-attracting exterior. Liked the low fan noise – some netbooks are like a miniature chainsaw in a quiet room. The keys have nice feel and have good tactile feedback.
Had to return it to store because I couldn’t type reliably on the keyboard.
The small key size wasn’t the issue.
Problem was that I kept hitting the “=” key instead of the Backspace key.
I compared it side-by-side with other netbooks in the store and discovered that – in order to make the keys very slightly larger than the keys on other netbooks – Samsung made some of the keys a lot smaller, including the Backspace key.
With standard keyboards – and most netbooks – the left edge of the backspace key is centered above the “}]” key.
On this machine, the Backspace key is not centered, it is quite a bit o
December 31st, 2009 on 11:07 pm
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