The Nokia Booklet 3G is the first attempt at a netbook by the Finnish cell phone maker. They did pretty well in the design department and only screwed up really badly on one area, tying it to AT&T with a required data plan. This may be the downfall of the Booklet 3G, because without the $60 a month data plan it costs $600 and for that much you could have 1 of these and still have $200 left over. Here are the data specs:
- Intel Atom Z530 processor (1.6GHz)
- 10.1” 1280 x 720 display
- Windows 7 Home Premium
- 1GB RAM
- 120GB HDD (4200rpm)
- Intel GS45 Chipset / GMA 4500MHD Graphics
- 802.11 b/g/n Wi-Fi, Bluetooth 2.1+EDR, 3G, GPS
- 5-in-1 Card Reader, HDMI, VGA, mic in, audio out (S/PDIF), LAN, 3x USB 2.0, Kensington lock
- 0.3MP Webcam
- Stereo Speakers
- 6-Cell Li-ion Battery (rated at 12 hours)
- HDMI out
What the Nokia 3G messed up on with price and AT&T they made up for with a really nice design and powerful hardware. It doesn’t include Nvidia Ion graphics but should not have a problem outputting 720 HD video through its HDMI out.
The keyboard is a chiclet style and nice but a little cramped. Also included is a built in GPS which includes bundled Nokia service like Ovi navigation, etc.
The Z530 processor feels sluggish according to Crunchgear, and another downside is that the RAM is NOT upgradeable to 2GB. Maybe Nokia will do a little better on the Booklet 3G 2.
The Booklet 3G is available for preorder from Best Buy and will be released on November 15th, at which point we’ll do a more thorough review.
Everything in the box is slow and under-performing. You would have to get a larger HD, another GB of memory, a faster HD, faster memory.
I actually need to show this approach to my students and check out what exactly they think about this.
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