Nokia's Booklet 3G detailed further at Nokia World, priced at €570

The news from Stuttgart just keeps on flowing, with Nokia also revealing the unashamedly long specifications list to its hotly-anticipated Booklet 3G. Moving forward, the company will focus on "phones, smartphones and mobile computers," with this here netbook being the first major entrant into that final category. The biggest news is probably the half-day (12 hours) battery life, though we're understandably curious to see how that holds up under real-world testing. The machine will also ship with a 1.6GHz Intel Atom Z530 CPU, Windows 7, WiFi and a built-in, hot-swappable SIM card slot for 3G access.

The whole thing will measure just 0.78-inches thick and will ship in black, ice (white) and azure (blue) motifs, though we're most interested to see just how toasty this thing will get given its "fanless design." Other specs include 1GB of DDR2 RAM, a 120GB hard drive (1.8-inch, 4200RPM), integrated Ovi Suite, a 10.1-inch LCD (1,280 x 720 resolution) and an almost unheard of 16-cell Li-ion battery that's user-removable. Bluetooth 2.1+EDR, Assisted-GPS, HDMI, USB 2.0 (x3), an SD card reader and a 1.3 megapixel camera will also be present, and the inbuilt accelerometer should make for some unique add-ons. We're still searching for an exact release date, but Anssi Vanjok made clear that the €570 ($810) asking price is apt to be heavily subsidized by carriers across the globe. Still, $810 for a netbook? Ouch.

Nokia introduces Booklet 3G 'mini laptop'

[thoughtmonster Posted Sep 2nd 2009 9:37AM]

Here's a couple of live pictures:

http://www.fonearena.com/blog/2009/09/02/nokia-booklet-3g-live-pics.html

http://thenokiablog.com/2009/09/02/nokia-booklet-3g-hands-on-first-impressions/


It looks very solid. Especially the hinge. Surely high quality stuff. And, as other people have stated, the price isn't all that absurd in Europe, considering that most basic netbooks cost around 400 Euro. 3G, GPS, HDMI-out and the 16 cell battery surely are worth the added cost.

[Hydra Posted Sep 2nd 2009 9:43AM]

16 cell, thas why its so expensive. !! that might be a selling point for sure

[papari Posted Sep 2nd 2009 10:53AM]

Yeah, that thing is half battery half computer. Looks good nevertheless. I hope the performance with the pre-installed Win7 is reasonable.

[Zabavan Posted Sep 2nd 2009 10:38AM]

Here's a hands-on video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g-uyWbDesbQ

[(Unverified) Posted Sep 2nd 2009 12:16PM]

Wait a minute... He said it's up to 12hrs battery life in that video. Maybe rock99rock was right before and they are watch batteries?!

[jackbravo Posted Sep 2nd 2009 3:18PM]

am i missing something? what's this thing gonna do with an HDMI out and an atom processor?

[(Unverified) Posted Sep 2nd 2009 5:09PM]

I am questioning this as well,
because normally the netbooks that was able to output HD through the HDMI were the new ones coming out on the Nvidia ION platform...

because i don't think that atom alone can push HD resolutions, even outputting it.

A comment from me though,
this netbook would be pretty neat with a touchscreen, maybe a wacom digitizer, possibly a tablet hinge to it as well... its the perfect size for a small tablet.

i mean or even the n-trig multi-touch capacitive display would be nice, or just wait for wacoms, cause it would probably turn out better...

but only one can dream, and or mod!
I would like to see what this thing looks like disassembled, and see if it shows any capabilities of being modded.

[Fanfoot Posted Sep 2nd 2009 10:32PM]

Looks very high quality. Nice and thin. Good looking keyboard. Very nice looking trackpad. Lots of battery (clearly they fit the non-battery netbook parts in much less space than most).

No Ethernet that I can see. Maybe not a big issue.

You probably won't be able to get one without a cellular contract, so the price "unlocked" probably doesn't really matter.

That 4200 rpm 1.8" drive sucks. Okay, so they can't fit a 2.5" drive in there. They could at least have put in a small SSD. You remember the benchmarks on the Dell Mini 12? The HP Mini 1000? This'll be similar. Also that 1.8" drive just might have a PATA interface and limit your ability to swap it out.

That tighly packed chassis just might be a mother to upgrade. Let's see how much of the system you have to disassemble just to replace the hard drive. If the 1008HA is any indication...

[technobear Posted Sep 3rd 2009 9:04AM]

Pros: fanless, long battery life, 720 display, 3G, GPS, good looks.

Cons: with a 4200rpm drive and only a paltry 1GB of RAM this device will suck ass at running any kind of Windows.

I'll wait for the next generation thanks.

[inu Posted Sep 3rd 2009 11:46AM]

I must agree that 1GB is really one of the weak points, but regarding the HDD i believe that they chose to use the 1.8' @ 4200rpm so they can keep the temperature generated down and make the fanless design possible.
When (if) a new generation comes with the new Atom with integrated graphics, it's probably gonna use a 64~128GB SSD instead of a normal hard disc drive making the machine run even cooler.

[(Unverified) Posted Sep 7th 2009 12:34PM]

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