Nokia's revolutionary laptop is a Atom-based Windows netbook
Nokia broke out its top secret laptop computer plans today. We don't know about you but we were expecting a little more than this new "Booklet 3G". It's hard to still be considered an innovative company when they come out with stuff like this:
Espoo, Finland - After more than 25 years as a pioneer and leader in the mobile industry, Nokia will bring its rich mobility heritage and knowledge to the PC world with the new, Windows based, Nokia Booklet 3G.
They are about 3 years late on the Netbook scene as well as a year past the 10+ Hour battery life "revolution". There also looks to be plenty of space around that 10-inch glass screen, making it a bit of a "clunker" when it comes to netbook size. Most major netbooks have had 3G capabilities for awhile too.
Take a garden variety Eee 1005HA. 10.5 hours battery life, 10.1 inch screen. $375
This isn't a low end netbook, mind you. There is some good stuff inside which will put it at the high end of the highly competitive netbook arena:
The mini-laptop also comes with an HDMI port for HD video out, a front facing camera for video calling, integrated Bluetooth and an easily accessible SD card reader. Other premium features include the 10-inch glass HD ready display and integrated A-GPS which, working with the Ovi Maps gadget, can pinpoint your position in seconds and open up access for a truly personal maps experience. The Nokia Booklet 3G also brings a number of other rich Ovi experiences to life, whether its access and playback of millions of tracks through the Nokia Music Store, or using Ovi Suite to sync seamlessly from your Nokia smartphone, to your mini-laptop, to the cloud.
If it is priced anywhere north of $350, it won't sell. Otherwise it will fit in an already muddied field dominated by ASUS, HP, Dell and Acer. Oh, and why not run Maemo Linux like the much more interesting N900? Microsoft just made Office for Nokia Symbian phones, coincidentally.
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Nice bashing, wonder how 9to5 will treat a Apple Netbook if that ever comes.. I am guessing it will be treated a little different ;)
If it comes with Windows and an Atom processor, we'll give it the same treatment
Well put!!!
Microsoft could come out with a turd on a stick and people would call anybody who bashes it an Apple fanboy.
Once the excitement (if that's how you want to refer to deafening silence) dies down from the ZuneHD, Microsoft will be introducing their next big thing called the ZunePOS.....on a stick! :)
The ZuneHD is far from being crappy. It's just that I wish they didn't take 2 and a half friggin years to come out with it! It's too bad too because it has a nice platform but MS has to bribe people now to write apps for it?
*sigh* Oh well whatever.
Sounds like the same thing that happens when someone bashes an Apple Product. Face it, both groups of people treat each other the same way... like a fanboy.
One thing where Nokia still excels is radio interfaces. When comparing the 3G reception of my late E70 to my new 3GS I can only say that the 3G reception on iPhone is almost sub-par. Excellent device on all other aspects, just that getting 3G reception is shaky at best.
I can't say much about the 3GS but I've had my 3G for a year and reception is just fine where I live.
you can't be serious, I have an acer aspire one, but the specs on this one are much better, HD, HDMI, longer lasting battery, 3G, bluetooth.
It looks pretty similar to the $350 Dell Mini 10 spec-wise
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Yes, there's nothing revolutionary about this laptop, looks like they're just hoping on the netbook bandwagon with the same old tech as everyone else. And it does look like a clunky piece of plastic junk too.
Umm, it's aluminium+glass, dude...
They promised the market that they will be more competitive against Apple. But if this is what they think is innovative then Nokia is definitely in deep doo doo.
If they are ".....about 3 years late on the Netbook scene" then what does that say about Apple? I love this site but this comment and review is overly negative.
the point is that there isn no innovation. Windows based Netbook with same specs as a year old machine? Come on? How can you praise that?
longer 'late' than that because they won't be doing a crappy netbook.
Latop from Nokia. I don't know? Just curious about its performance. Very nice looking laptop!
@CAG
Even if Apple is more than 3 years late, assuming they ever show up at all in this space, the point is Nokia doesn't offer anything new.
They are trumpeting a Windows netbook running on the Intel Atom. Wow. Exciting. I could get that a couple years ago and we can get the same thing from most of the same Wintel manufacturers now.
As the admin put it, if Apple releases a netbook with Windows 7/Vista/XP and runs on an Atom, it will get the same treatment and deservedly so.
Oh and adding to the comment above - Seth you really suck at writing. This is poor poor poor Internet reviewing and writing. Terrible.
Apple is later than late...unless...they come up with a device that changes the rules of devices one more time...
I can't imagine SJ to approve another nice netbook being in the market so late...forget it...
"a" Atom based ? Seriously, what happened to grammar in titles ?
I'll admit, I'm not blown away with Nokia's intro - but at least they are joining the herd. They've learned that companies like Apple can quickly erode market share with innovation, perspective, and execution. Hey you gotta jump in somewhere, even though I would guess non-success with this endeavor.
This is what will happen, Apple will eventually make a very impactful launch that will get the rest of the world interested in Netbooks. The rest will follow Apples marketing lead - right now they are testing the waters.
I like the way it looks and at 1.25kg with 12hrs of battery life, you really can't go wrong. I use my Dell Studio 1535 laptop for university and it can feel quite heavy at times. I'd much rather carry a lightweight mini-laptop than a heavy full-sized laptop. I just hope Nokia's Booklet 3G isn't too pricey.
Funny, when Apple does single-piece aluminium it's time for applause. When someone else like Nokia does it, no one notices or cares. I like the fact that this machine probably has Apple-class build quality compared to those plastic toys from Acer, Asus, Dell and other folks.
Nokia might have done seamless 3G/Wi-Fi on it for internet access (or perhaps I'm expecting too much -- but that's the case with Apple as well nowadays) and their Navteq navigation may also add some edge.
The big problem though -- why would I want a Windows 7 device in my Mac ecosystem?
alluminium and a nice keyboard.... cool! win7 isn't osx but for "netbook use" can be ok... i like it!
alluminium and a nice keyboard.... cool! win7 isn't osx but for "netbook use" can be ok... i like it!
The soundtrack was okay.