http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/12/nokia-booklet-3g-slips-to-199-on-contract-through-the-holidays/ Engadget Comments for Nokia Booklet 3G slips to $199 on contract 'through the holidays' http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/12/nokia-booklet-3g-slips-to-199-on-contract-through-the-holidays/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/12/nokia-booklet-3g-slips-to-199-on-contract-through-the-holidays/Dec 12th 2009 9:40PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/12/nokia-booklet-3g-slips-to-199-on-contract-through-the-holidays/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/12/nokia-booklet-3g-slips-to-199-on-contract-through-the-holidays/Dec 12th 2009 11:44PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/12/nokia-booklet-3g-slips-to-199-on-contract-through-the-holidays/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/12/nokia-booklet-3g-slips-to-199-on-contract-through-the-holidays/Dec 12th 2009 9:43PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/12/nokia-booklet-3g-slips-to-199-on-contract-through-the-holidays/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/12/nokia-booklet-3g-slips-to-199-on-contract-through-the-holidays/Dec 12th 2009 9:48PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/12/nokia-booklet-3g-slips-to-199-on-contract-through-the-holidays/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/12/nokia-booklet-3g-slips-to-199-on-contract-through-the-holidays/Dec 12th 2009 9:55PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/12/nokia-booklet-3g-slips-to-199-on-contract-through-the-holidays/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/12/nokia-booklet-3g-slips-to-199-on-contract-through-the-holidays/I'm sorry Android, but we humans don't have as big pockets as you... Also our torsos don't open up to reveal a secret compartment with infinite space like yours or Bender's]]>Dec 12th 2009 10:22PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/12/nokia-booklet-3g-slips-to-199-on-contract-through-the-holidays/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/12/nokia-booklet-3g-slips-to-199-on-contract-through-the-holidays/
ARM is superior to x86. I use my Droid for irc because it uses hardly any power and leaving it on all the time is fine. My laptop? It's so inefficient it has to have a /fan/. This is almost 2010. That's pathetic.]]>Dec 13th 2009 12:01AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/12/nokia-booklet-3g-slips-to-199-on-contract-through-the-holidays/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/12/nokia-booklet-3g-slips-to-199-on-contract-through-the-holidays/Dec 13th 2009 10:43AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/12/nokia-booklet-3g-slips-to-199-on-contract-through-the-holidays/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/12/nokia-booklet-3g-slips-to-199-on-contract-through-the-holidays/Dec 13th 2009 11:18AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/12/nokia-booklet-3g-slips-to-199-on-contract-through-the-holidays/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/12/nokia-booklet-3g-slips-to-199-on-contract-through-the-holidays/Dec 12th 2009 9:49PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/12/nokia-booklet-3g-slips-to-199-on-contract-through-the-holidays/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/12/nokia-booklet-3g-slips-to-199-on-contract-through-the-holidays/Dec 12th 2009 11:46PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/12/nokia-booklet-3g-slips-to-199-on-contract-through-the-holidays/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/12/nokia-booklet-3g-slips-to-199-on-contract-through-the-holidays/
Its a separate plan from your cellphone, so you'll have to pay for a separate plan in addition to your phone. What's worse its bandwidth capped.

Right now, its

$35/month for a 200MB capped plan
$60/month for a 5GB capped plan

At 200MB-5GB this plan is close to useless except for very casual browsing. Personally speaking, I used to be on AT&T's Data Connect plan and the coverage and speed was unacceptable.]]>Dec 13th 2009 10:41AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/12/nokia-booklet-3g-slips-to-199-on-contract-through-the-holidays/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/12/nokia-booklet-3g-slips-to-199-on-contract-through-the-holidays/Dec 12th 2009 9:53PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/12/nokia-booklet-3g-slips-to-199-on-contract-through-the-holidays/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/12/nokia-booklet-3g-slips-to-199-on-contract-through-the-holidays/Dec 12th 2009 9:54PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/12/nokia-booklet-3g-slips-to-199-on-contract-through-the-holidays/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/12/nokia-booklet-3g-slips-to-199-on-contract-through-the-holidays/
Should they offer any netbook or smartphone for $0*, it would not be newsworthy. Charging $200 for a lame netbook and saying you got a $600 device is ridiculous. Just like the iPhone, the build cost on these things is less than what the consumer pays. The carrier doesn't care about having to pay a subsidy because it helps them justify contracts. The manufacturer is free to charge as much as they want specifically because the consumer never sees that price.

This is why the Google Phone is a big deal, they can cut their profit margin to "only 10%" and utterly demolish what I see as institutionalized wallet rape. Either the manufacturer can't do 250% profit markup, or the carrier can't charge a 4000% data markup.

Manufacturers will get hit first even though they're not being as greedy, but in the long run carriers will have lost the only justification to push contracts and high prices.]]>Dec 12th 2009 10:14PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/12/nokia-booklet-3g-slips-to-199-on-contract-through-the-holidays/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/12/nokia-booklet-3g-slips-to-199-on-contract-through-the-holidays/Dec 13th 2009 7:29AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/12/nokia-booklet-3g-slips-to-199-on-contract-through-the-holidays/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/12/nokia-booklet-3g-slips-to-199-on-contract-through-the-holidays/Dec 13th 2009 12:02PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/12/nokia-booklet-3g-slips-to-199-on-contract-through-the-holidays/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/12/nokia-booklet-3g-slips-to-199-on-contract-through-the-holidays/Dec 12th 2009 10:17PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/12/nokia-booklet-3g-slips-to-199-on-contract-through-the-holidays/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/12/nokia-booklet-3g-slips-to-199-on-contract-through-the-holidays/Nokia hasn't been competitive in the SmartPhone market recently. Maybe the N900 will change that in time but, as of now, they're trying to get in on the ground floor of subsidized computers instead where there's not nearly as much competition. ]]>Dec 12th 2009 10:47PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/12/nokia-booklet-3g-slips-to-199-on-contract-through-the-holidays/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/12/nokia-booklet-3g-slips-to-199-on-contract-through-the-holidays/
Since its gen 1, I hope they build on it since people like me would love to have a machine that looks and performs this good (battery, connectivity, ergonomics etc) with internals that do not get bogged down every two hours. Since its an atom: no thanks!]]>Dec 13th 2009 10:52AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/12/nokia-booklet-3g-slips-to-199-on-contract-through-the-holidays/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/12/nokia-booklet-3g-slips-to-199-on-contract-through-the-holidays/Dec 13th 2009 8:14PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/12/nokia-booklet-3g-slips-to-199-on-contract-through-the-holidays/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/12/nokia-booklet-3g-slips-to-199-on-contract-through-the-holidays/I'd rather buy an N900 and use the TV out. Considering it is probably more powerful than this netbook in real world usage.]]>Dec 14th 2009 9:56AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/12/nokia-booklet-3g-slips-to-199-on-contract-through-the-holidays/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/12/nokia-booklet-3g-slips-to-199-on-contract-through-the-holidays/
"What honey? No i'm buying this for my brother, not me!"

Silly wife]]>Dec 12th 2009 10:24PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/12/nokia-booklet-3g-slips-to-199-on-contract-through-the-holidays/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/12/nokia-booklet-3g-slips-to-199-on-contract-through-the-holidays/Step 2: Clear your internet history.
Step 3: Hope she (or he if thats the way you like it), does not read Engadget.
Step 4: Come up with a good alibi.

Your welcome :P.]]>Dec 13th 2009 10:48AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/12/nokia-booklet-3g-slips-to-199-on-contract-through-the-holidays/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/12/nokia-booklet-3g-slips-to-199-on-contract-through-the-holidays/Dec 12th 2009 10:31PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/12/nokia-booklet-3g-slips-to-199-on-contract-through-the-holidays/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/12/nokia-booklet-3g-slips-to-199-on-contract-through-the-holidays/
Now all we need is editing capabilities and we're good.]]>Dec 12th 2009 11:13PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/12/nokia-booklet-3g-slips-to-199-on-contract-through-the-holidays/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/12/nokia-booklet-3g-slips-to-199-on-contract-through-the-holidays/Dec 13th 2009 12:22AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/12/nokia-booklet-3g-slips-to-199-on-contract-through-the-holidays/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/12/nokia-booklet-3g-slips-to-199-on-contract-through-the-holidays/
Now all the reply drawers are opened by default, saves lots time and goes back kinda to how it used to be before the site overhaul, its definitely an improvement.]]>Dec 13th 2009 2:16AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/12/nokia-booklet-3g-slips-to-199-on-contract-through-the-holidays/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/12/nokia-booklet-3g-slips-to-199-on-contract-through-the-holidays/Dec 12th 2009 11:43PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/12/nokia-booklet-3g-slips-to-199-on-contract-through-the-holidays/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/12/nokia-booklet-3g-slips-to-199-on-contract-through-the-holidays/Dec 12th 2009 11:43PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/12/nokia-booklet-3g-slips-to-199-on-contract-through-the-holidays/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/12/nokia-booklet-3g-slips-to-199-on-contract-through-the-holidays/Dec 13th 2009 2:26AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/12/nokia-booklet-3g-slips-to-199-on-contract-through-the-holidays/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/12/nokia-booklet-3g-slips-to-199-on-contract-through-the-holidays/Dec 13th 2009 3:35AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/12/nokia-booklet-3g-slips-to-199-on-contract-through-the-holidays/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/12/nokia-booklet-3g-slips-to-199-on-contract-through-the-holidays/Dec 13th 2009 5:04AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/12/nokia-booklet-3g-slips-to-199-on-contract-through-the-holidays/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/12/nokia-booklet-3g-slips-to-199-on-contract-through-the-holidays/Dec 13th 2009 6:55AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/12/nokia-booklet-3g-slips-to-199-on-contract-through-the-holidays/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/12/nokia-booklet-3g-slips-to-199-on-contract-through-the-holidays/Dec 13th 2009 10:48AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/12/nokia-booklet-3g-slips-to-199-on-contract-through-the-holidays/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/12/nokia-booklet-3g-slips-to-199-on-contract-through-the-holidays/Dec 13th 2009 12:39PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/12/nokia-booklet-3g-slips-to-199-on-contract-through-the-holidays/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/12/nokia-booklet-3g-slips-to-199-on-contract-through-the-holidays/
So, let me see (I thought about doing this as well). $199 (unit) +$175 (ETF) + $36 (Activation) + $60 (30 day monthly prorated Laptop Connect) = about $470 before taxes...so you probably make out at least $100 or so bucks cheaper than the $599 list (but still locked to AT&T).

ON A DIFFERENT NOTE....

I just got back from Best Buy and they price matched my device (I love it) and I got my $109 back. And then went to Target to get DJ Hero for $88. Sweet.]]>Dec 13th 2009 1:59PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/12/nokia-booklet-3g-slips-to-199-on-contract-through-the-holidays/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/12/nokia-booklet-3g-slips-to-199-on-contract-through-the-holidays/
I heard they are selling netbooks on data plans with differing Toc's.
Maybe im wrong but the way US Telco's gouge consumers, wont be surprised if rates are higher for this.

Also, does the $599/Best-buy version come with Home Premium like everywhere else in the world or are you stuck with Starter like the AT&T version?]]>Dec 13th 2009 4:10PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/12/nokia-booklet-3g-slips-to-199-on-contract-through-the-holidays/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/12/nokia-booklet-3g-slips-to-199-on-contract-through-the-holidays/
And the $599 version and the contract version are the same (basically when you buy the computer, they ask if you want the data service or not after they get the machine, which is after they retrieve the machine). I don't think they even lock the card to AT&T; I called AT&T for the unlock code (since I bought it for $599) and they told me that couldn't find a unlock code in their system for the computer, so my assumption would be it's not locked?

So yes at $199, it would be cheaper than retail. $199(computer)+$175(ETF)+$60(first month)+$36(Activation)+18%(tax on cell phone plans)+Tax on the device. You're looking at around $100 off I guess. Actually at the $299 price it would just be around the same if you buy it on contract [and cancel] or full price.]]>Dec 13th 2009 8:11PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/12/nokia-booklet-3g-slips-to-199-on-contract-through-the-holidays/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/12/nokia-booklet-3g-slips-to-199-on-contract-through-the-holidays/
If I was looking for something like this, I would rather get a $300 netbook and pickup a MiFi card; At last I won't be stuck with a sub-par netbook that is tied to a carrier contract when something worthwhile comes out in 3-6 months...]]>Dec 13th 2009 10:51PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/12/nokia-booklet-3g-slips-to-199-on-contract-through-the-holidays/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/12/nokia-booklet-3g-slips-to-199-on-contract-through-the-holidays/
If we go this way we never buy any gadget cos something better will be "jusr around the corner". If this is the thought of the author of this post, then the purpose of a Gadget blog disappear. Lets just wait until we die so we can finally get the latest tech.

I bet if it would be an iPhone you would be marketing like crazy here...]]>Dec 14th 2009 1:07AM