Diaries of a Nokia Fan Boy

Well it hasn’t even been half a day since its announcement and a couple, rather interesting, reviews and opinions are already out on the blogosphere.

Mirror.co.uk
seems to be comparing the Booklet 3G to your everyday cheap-o netbook. And they’re right, since this is likely to be their direct competitor. What is interesting in this comparison, however, is that we don’t even know if the two devices will be in the same price range. The only reasons this comparison has come up, in my opinion, is mostly due to the Atom processor, and has been confirmed by the 10.1 inch screen. But really, that doesn’t mean anything. Regardless, the comparison is rather interesting, and I must admit that I too think the Booklet 3G will be a fancy, slightly more expensive, netbook.

10 9 ways the Nokia Booklet 3G beats a netbook

1. The Nokia Booklet 3G is an HD netbook
2. Epic battery life
3. Hot swappable SIM slot
4. GPS on the go
5. It’s made by a mobile player
6. Small but sturdy
7. MacBook looks
8. It syncs with your mobile
9. It’s a home media player

The comparison is quite valid and draws a number of good points, so do go take a look through it if you’re considering this device. And especially if you’re like me and thinking whether to get this or the Always Innovating Touch Book.

Symbian-Freak
has some pretty strong feelings about the Nokia Booklet 3G, but his opinions are more closely related to the company. SF believes, and I agree, that Nokia’s entrance into the netbook market is their attempt at diversification and derisking the company. This is especially obvious when considering that their mobile phone market share has been decreasing slowly. Don’t get me wrong, they’re still the major player here, but the fact that they’re falling behind isn’t exactly comforting. The Booklet also strengthens Nokia’s stance as an “Internet Company” versus just a cell phone manufacturer as the device really is better suited for browsing the web compared to their Internet Tablets (of course we don’t know how good the N900 is yet, so we’ll have to wait and see). Finally, the Windows operating system shows just how deep the Nokia-Microsoft alliance is going, I just hope that WinMo doesn’t make it to Nokia devices, although it would be interesting to see UI variations such as HTC’s TouchFlo and Sense or Samsungs TouchWiz.

Take a look at SF’s review for more details.

-Nokia FanBoy

via: Mirror.co.uk (read)
and: Symbian-Freak (read)