Nokia Booklet 3G

apeZ · 24 Aug 2009 at 18:36

Just saw this on BBC news:

BBC said:
The world's largest manufacturer of mobile phones will join the PC market with its Booklet 3G netbook.
The Windows-based device is about 2cm thick and will offer 3G connectivity as well as wi-fi.
Analysts said the laptop was a "natural extension" of the company's product range but the firm would face stiff competition.
Nokia will release price and availability information at an event in Stuttgart on 2 September.
The Booklet has an aluminium case, weighs 1.25 kilograms (2.75 lbs) and its 10-inch screen is HD-ready.
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The Booklet also has integrated Bluetooth, GPS, a webcam and an SD card reader. Nokia claims it has a 12-hour battery life.

More here: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/8219005.stm

Edit: Also here http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/blog/2009/aug/24/mobilephones-nokia-netbook

along with a video:

More info should be announced next week, quite interested to see what the price tag is. If they can bring it out at sub £350, I'll definitely be interested.

Anyone else heard about this? My NC10 is still doing well after nearly a year, but this model seems to be a lot more portable, especially with internal 3G.

Thoughts?

PS: I searched and didn't see anything else on the forum about it. If it has already been posted, sorry!

ChileanLlama · 25 Aug 2009 at 18:20

Sounds good, particularly the 3g and the HD out...that is until the mobile phone operators want to charge us an arm and a leg to actually use it

Aod · 26 Aug 2009 at 02:28

BEST. NETBOOK. EVER!

it even looks like it's running windows 7 in the video

i can't imagine it being very cheap though... i'd say £500 minimum.

daz · 26 Aug 2009 at 09:55

I doubt you'll be able to buy this without a mobile contract, at least at first ;o

tripitaka · 2 Sep 2009 at 12:09

Further details here:
http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/02/nokias-booklet-3g-detailed-further-at-nokia-world-priced-at-5/
Will cost 570 Euros.
12 hour battery life sounds immense - I want one!

daz · 2 Sep 2009 at 13:59

If this is a success at that price point, how long before Apple get in on the act...

98p · 2 Sep 2009 at 14:15

Looks like a nice design, should be good, will have to wait and see.

ChrisGreen1993 · 2 Sep 2009 at 17:29

nice, i want one

teaboy5 · 2 Sep 2009 at 22:51

If they had of slipped a DVD-ROM drive in there, it would fly out of the shops.

If toshiba can do it on their r600, it can be done with the size of netbooks these days.

Caged · 2 Sep 2009 at 23:13

I can count the number of times I've used an optical drive in the last year on one hand, it's pointless trying to put one in.

mynameisjarvis · 3 Sep 2009 at 00:06

this netbook looks amazing. I was an early adapter with the Asus 701 7" netbook, and I'm looking to get a fully evolved "next generation" netbook and it looks like this is it.

If they could bring cost down to around £350, we'd have a winner

teaboy5 · 3 Sep 2009 at 00:38

The point with this kind of netbook is that they have missed the point. Netbooks were meant to cheap to buy. For 500 more you can get yourself a nice C2D HP 12" 2530.

bigredshark · 13 Jan 2010 at 10:29

Reference, it's available now (or very soon) in the uk and a few reviews are starting to filter out. Now in my opinion it's the best netbook going (decent build quality and excellent battery life) but it's a eye watering £649! Seriously, it's a nice machine but at that price what are nokia thinking?