Nokia Booklet 3G hits the unboxing phase of its product cycle

Might as well add your own soundtrack, because chances are, you won't be able to understand what the narrator with a tattoo on his left hand is saying. Not that you really need, as you can probably get the gist of this Nokia Booklet 3G unboxing. We've got blue packaging, a power brick, a "Hello, Hei" greeting just under the portable itself, and a fairly sleek portable to boot. Of course, with a $800 price tag on the outside and an Atom processor on the inside, it's not the most attractive of combinations. See the whole kit and caboodle after the break.

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[(Unverified) Posted Sep 18th 2009 3:49AM]

Great, yet another netbook.

[(Unverified) Posted Sep 18th 2009 3:55AM]

Not that great

[Edobe Posted Sep 18th 2009 4:06AM]

My German's a little rusty, what was he saying about the trachpad?

[tehdime Posted Sep 18th 2009 4:13AM]

its not german ;)

[1 Posted Sep 18th 2009 4:15AM]

Yeah. Language fail, I'm pretty sure it's Greek.

[AnastasiosAntonios Toulkeridis Posted Sep 18th 2009 5:03AM]

He wasn't saying anything about the touchpad, he was merely stating that it is a very robust construction.

[Michalis Posted Sep 18th 2009 8:12AM]

it's Greek not German ;)

[Hydra Posted Sep 18th 2009 4:08AM]

Its nuts that anyone would buy this, you could almost buy a macbook for this price

[Edobe Posted Sep 18th 2009 4:14AM]

For the price of a macbook you could get this, a zune HD, and a pretty descent external harddrive. The 3g on this may give that combo the edge.

[1 Posted Sep 18th 2009 4:20AM]

Not here you can't. It it half as much again for the basic white macbook, at the pre order price of £500. A Macbook is £750. The base model Macbook Pro is £900.

I guess you are basing the price on the way engadget bastardises their euro conversion prices.

[Johanu Posted Sep 18th 2009 8:09AM]

@matt

+1 "on the way engadget bastardises their euro conversion prices." WIN!

[1 Posted Sep 18th 2009 4:13AM]

Far and away the nicest looking netbook there is. Really thin too.

[(Unverified) Posted Sep 18th 2009 4:34AM]

Agreed, and built-in 3G should really be a given on these netbooks/booklets these days...

[MikeWard1701 Posted Sep 19th 2009 1:24AM]

Seconded, the best looking netbook I've seen thus far. Plus having built in 3G and GPS is convienient.

[Kupa Posted Sep 18th 2009 4:42AM]

It's funny how Engadget and some commentators keep ignoring the fact that is not only a netbook, but packs a full range of features that no other netbook has presented so far:

- 720p resolution screen
- Aluminum chassis
- GPS
- 12 hour battery life (!!!)
- 3G HSDPA

[Tes Posted Sep 18th 2009 5:01AM]

720p has been an option on some netbooks for a while now (I have it on my Dell Mini) but the rest you're right about.

[(Unverified) Posted Sep 18th 2009 9:42AM]

The chassis looks plastic to me. I do believe both you guys are mistaken.

[WickedEast Posted Sep 18th 2009 10:35PM]

@Brendan: I do believe you are out of touch. It IS a one-piece aluminum chassis. Read it yourself:

http://conversations.nokia.com/2009/09/02/more-nokia-booklet-3g-specs-emerge-at-nokia-world-09/

[(Unverified) Posted Sep 19th 2009 8:02AM]

Don't tell me Apple has patented the word "Unibody" too.

[Drakkor Posted Sep 18th 2009 4:27AM]

far better looking than a mac book and cheaper to boot!

[smover Posted Sep 18th 2009 4:38AM]

I agree !! I wish this was 19" with a C2D, i really dig the design but 13" is the minimum for me.

[bigcow05 Posted Sep 18th 2009 8:30PM]

Wait what? Apple charges you every time you boot up your computer? Lame.

[BFish Posted Sep 18th 2009 4:35AM]

Atom with 1GB of RAM, which can't be added makes this rather useless. In tests opening apps will take over 40secs.

[Tes Posted Sep 18th 2009 5:00AM]

Have you actually ever USED a netbook? I have a Dell Mini 10 with the SAME old Atom processor and the SAME meagre 1mb or Ram and the experience you describe is about as foreign to me as it comes.

If you HAD a netbook, what apps would you like to run on it? I assume your expectations are coloured by your needs, but for some people a low powered netbook will not fit that.

[(Unverified) Posted Sep 18th 2009 5:55AM]

You don't need to have used anything to review it. Not on teh internets.

[(Unverified) Posted Sep 18th 2009 4:57AM]

Love it, except it does need a bigger screeen, just to fill up the space a bit more.

[jdripper Posted Sep 18th 2009 6:29AM]

No it doesn't not need to have a bigger screen. This would defeat what it's supposed to be about, very portable.
If you need a bigger screen, this is not the device for you.

People complaining about the not big enough screen, no bluetooth, no enough powerful processor etc. is what is killing the low cost netbook. They are just becoming regular priced small laptops.

For those people that complain about netbook, just don't you just go out and get a small laptop with all the frills ?

[ray k Posted Sep 18th 2009 5:28AM]

glossy screen. no dice.

[aniym Posted Sep 18th 2009 5:29AM]

I would have considered this very seriously if Nokia had upped the screen size to 11.6". IMO, that is the optimal tradeoff between ultimate portability, light weight (provided they could keep it within 3lbs) and long-term usability (given its 12hr battery life) without eyestrain. Maybe they'll make one in the future, but anything more than $600 for an Atom processor is a bit much.

[(Unverified) Posted Sep 18th 2009 5:31AM]

Would have prefered news on the N900...

[(Unverified) Posted Sep 18th 2009 6:19AM]

There you go! Nokia lost a customer in me. That 12 hrs battery life was really had me dreaming about purchasing this netbook. But for $800, nah! I'd better pick a Dell mini.

http://www.tolmol.com/Nokia-3G-Booklet-Netbook-from-Mobile-Monster/blogposts/9251/102991

[theswiss Posted Sep 18th 2009 6:39AM]

too little too late and too expensive

[upgeog Posted Sep 18th 2009 7:27AM]

Once again Engadget never learns. A normal conversion from Euro to Dollar just does not work. We have seen lot of European released products sold here in a $1 to 1eu conversion rate. So that thing could be under $600.

That "phenomenon" always happens and engadget ALWAYS call it wrongly. Then they would make a post acting surprised that it is actually cheaper stateside. Well duh.....

I think Engadget should be responsible for that kind of misinformation. Well they can say that the conversion are this and that which is the reason they came up with $800. But then again with a statement like this: " ....with a $800 price tag" - Dude the price tag does not say $800; it says €570. Get the facts straight.

These reports are just subtle but slanted. Subtle, but slanted.

[WickedEast Posted Sep 18th 2009 10:57PM]

I'm sure Engadget does this intentionally -- they don't like Nokia.

[(Unverified) Posted Oct 7th 2009 2:44PM]

@WickedEast: I'm pretty sure, too.

[(Unverified) Posted Sep 18th 2009 9:30AM]

This is easily the best netbook on the market. I would gladly pay a couple hundred more for a netbook with GPS and 3G integrated, not to mention HDMI out, the longest battery life available and Windows 7.

[waterwagen Posted Sep 18th 2009 10:38AM]

I think that's a beautiful piece of hardware. Not sure if I'll ever buy a netbook though. My thin-and-light laptop and iPod Touch serve pretty much all my needs, from portable web access and videos to more serious computing power and dvd playback. Would be nice to have the 3G though.

[Marc B Posted Sep 18th 2009 12:30PM]

Gangbanger tat from when you rolled with your boyz back in the day.

[(Unverified) Posted Sep 18th 2009 11:23PM]

thank you very very much, i love Nokia.
Love it!