Yama hama, that’s one expensive netbook. Nokia’s impending Booklet 3G has shown up on the company’s Italian website priced at 699 Euro – just over $1,000 US.
While there’s been speculation that the machine could be subsidized by US carriers, it’s going to take one hell of a two-year contract price to bring the bottom line down to an appealing level.
The Booklet 3G’s specs, according to the product page, include a 1.6GHz Intel Atom Z530 CPU, Windows 7, a single gigabyte of RAM, 120GB hard drive (4,200RPM), WiFi/Bluetooth/GPS/3G data connectivity, an accelerometer, HDMI out, and a 10.1-inch HD display. Remember, too, that Nokia’s promising 12-hour battery life.
It’s expected to ship out in the end of October, presumably after Windows 7 becomes available to the masses.
Nokia Booklet 3G [Nokia Italia via SlashGear]
I totally agree Doug that is quite expensive and definitely something that all carriers will need to subsidize if they are going to sell this.
No need to make cost effective products when you can sell people’s liberty instead:
http://blogs.nokiasiemensnetworks.com/news/2009/06/22/provision-of-lawful-intercept-capability-in-iran/
I think this is an important development.
The mobile device players for a very long time have built closed devices . This meant that unlike a pc the mobile device was restricted in its use. With the success of the IPhone and the apps on the IPhone. Mobile manufactureres like Nokia realize that they have to move to more open systems . The netbook could be an experiment for Nokia to compress the device further and launch a fully operational mobile phone running on the windows 7 like os rather than the CE.
While this is a real paradigm shift for mobile device makers, it means even more to the mobile apps makers. In a few years when mobile phones running standard computer OS will be common, the number of “computers” is going to multiply by a big factor. Also these devices are always on, connected to the internet and highly mobile.
The new dell could be Nokia/Iphone ….