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For the holiday season, Nokia's Booklet 3G will cost a more bearable $199.99 on a 2-year contract at your local Best Buy. Go and get one now since the holidays are almost finished. Christmas is in under two weeks people!

[Engadget]

It looks like Nokia's Booklet 3G will be hitting your local Best Buy (in the US) starting on November 15th. Unfortunately, it'll be $299.99 on a 2-year contract or $599.99 USD contract-free, which is definitely overpriced. I'm pretty sure the HP Mini 311 is a better choice, but suit yourself.

[Engadget]

Yesterday, Best Buy showed off that they have exclusivity rights on Nokia's overpriced Booklet 3G netbook. It will be running Windows 7 32-bit and you'll be stuck with 1GB of RAM - since it's smoldered on there. Anyways, you can pre-order the Booklet 3G on Best Buy's website here.

[Engadget, Netbooked]

Nokia has just announced that their netbook, the Booklet 3G, will be launching on October 22nd for $299.99 on a 2-year contract for as low as $60 USD monthly. You'll also be able to get it contract-free for $599.99. This netbook is definitely not on the cheap side, but we're willing to wait and see if people hop onto the wagon simply based on the looks - and maybe even brand name, which is unlikely because Nokia isn't all that popular in the States.

Anyways, this netbook will be locked on AT&T and will be sold exclusively at your local Best Buy. Below is a hands-on video by Engadget. The video below is actually a demo of the UK unit, which doesn't have integrated 3G. On a side note, this netbook will also be launching on O2's network on October 22nd as well.



[Engadget]
Nokia Booklet 3G Video: Engadget

A new Best Buy leak shows off what they have in store for us during this holiday season. The above photo is not that important to me, so you can read that for yourself; the more interesting picture is below which outlines their future devices.

• Nokia Booklet netbook — October 25th launch, and can be activated on AT&T
• Sprint HTC Hero — launching October 11th with a presale going on now
• Sprint Palm Pixi — launch date TBD
• Verizon Storm II — launch date TBD
• Verizon Android device — launch date TBD
• T-Mobile CLIQ — launch date TBD (but we obviously know it’s shipping after October 19th up until general release November 2nd)
• “New BlackBerry devices across multiple carriers” — launch date TBD
• There will be a “host of devices launch in late October and November for all carriers.” Multiple Android launches across multiple carriers and “new technology which doesn’t exist today.”

The Palm Pixi was rumoured to be launching on October 20th, but that's probably false. The Verizon Android device could be the Motorola Droid / Tao / Sholes, but I'm not certain. We now know that the T-Mobile CLIQ will be launching on November 2nd - with the pre-orders starting on October 19th. The BlackBerries could involve the Curve 8530 and the BlackBerry 9700 (Bold 2). Are you excited?

[Boy Genius]

According to the latest news, Nokia's sexy but overpriced Booklet 3G netbook will be a Best Buy exclusive in the USA. The price hasn't been mentioned yet, but it should be available just in time for the holidays - likely at a ridiculous price before subsidies. Let's hope Nokia gives us Canadians some love as well.

Update on October 2nd: According to the latest unconfirmed news, the Booklet 3G will be launching with Windows 7 pre-installed and could have a price tag of $599.99 contract-free. Other specs include what you already know: a 10.1-inch 720p display, a SIM card slot, 1GB of RAM, a 120GB HDD, an Intel Atom Z530 1.6GHz CPU, WiFi, an HDMI output, and a "16 hour battery life" which likely isn't true in real-time. The release date isn't known yet, but it'll likely be some time after October 22nd.

[Crunch Gear]

The Nokia Booklet 3G is definitely going to be one of the priciest netbooks out there right now - with no specs to back it up. On Nokia's website in Italy they are taking pre-orders for the sexy Booklet 3G for €699 ($1,019 USD). Although Nokia won't admit it, this is definitely a netbook. It has: a 10.1-inch display with a 720p resolution, an Intel Atom Z530 1.6GHz CPU, integrated 900/2100MHz HSDPA/HSUPA bands, aGPS support, a 120GB HDD, 1GB of RAM, an accelerometer, three USB 2.0 ports, an HDMI output, Windows 7, and a battery life that supposedly lasts 12 hours. You can check it out on Nokia Italy's website here.

[Slash Gear]

According to DigiTimes, Nokia has just ordered 100,000 of their Booklet 3G's from Compal. While this netbook looks extremely sexy, the specs are terrible for the high price. "Reportedly, panels for Nokia's Booklet 3G will be supplied by Chunghwa Picture Tubes and AU Optronics (AUO), while 3G modules should be supplied by Option Wireless Technology and, later on, by Huawei."

You should already know that the Booklet 3G will be on sale starting next month (October) for €575 ($818 USD) unsubsidized. The DigiTimes link also has the full spec sheet of the Booklet 3G, just in case you wanted to check it out.

[Unwired View]

We've already heard about the Nokia Booklet 3G and it was already made official even before Nokia World kicked off. The two things we didn't officially know were the price and release date. Well, Nokia has mentioned that it will be available by the end of this year for €575 ($817 USD). The one thing they didn't specify is where they will be releasing it, so that price tag is before subsidies. It's damn sexy, but I don't think it's worth $817 USD. Yes, USA will be getting both the Booklet 3G and even the N900.

Head over to Pocket-Lint to check out some more photos of the Nokia Booklet 3G. Below is the full specs sheet for the Booklet 3G.

• Up to 12 hours of usage time
• Last for a heavy work day
• Windows 7 and Intel Atom processor
• Charge it and go – no need to worry about taking your charger with you

• A stylish, premium design with a chassis made from a single piece of machined aluminum
• 19.9 mm thin
• Three different colors at launch: black, ice (white) and azure (blue)

• Inbuilt WLAN and WWAN enable connectivity to the Internet anywhere a WiFi or cellular network connection is found
• 3G/ HSPA with hot swappable simcard

• Integrated Ovi Suite enables easy sync of calendar contacts, media with your device and the cloud

• Ovi Suite 2.0
• Nokia Music for PC
• Ovi Maps
• Social Hub – keeps track of your social software feeds in one spot and serves as a SMS sender
• Nokia software updater

• Weight (max) 1250 g
• Dimensions (max) 264 x 185 x 19.9 mm

• Intel Atom Z530, 1.6 GHz
• Intel Poulsbo US15W, fanless design

• RAM: 1 GB, DDR2, 533 Mhz, soldered down
• HDD: 120 GB, 1.8”/5mmH/SATA, 8 MB cache, 4200 RPM

• 10.1”, 1280×720 pixels, glass window

• 16 cell, 56.8 Wh, Li-Ion prismatic, removable design

• 802.11 b/g/n, 2T2R
• BT 2.1 + EDR
• Inbuilt 3G modem (data calls only). Different variants: WCDMA: 850/1900/2100 or WCDMA 900/2100 or no modem.
• All modem variants have GSM and GPRS
• Assisted-GPS

• 1 x HDMI 1.2 out
• 3 x USB 2.0
• 1 x headphone out (OMTP 3.5 mm) – with OMTP headsets also functions as audio in
• 1 x DC-in
• 1 x SD card reader
• 1 x SIM / USIM slot

• 1.3 MP front facing camera with integrated microphone

• Frame keyboard
• 2 physical layouts: US (78 keys, 17 mm pitch, 1.8 mm stroke) and UK (79 keys, 16.7 mm pitch, 1.8 mm stroke)

• Accelerometer

• Nokia Booklet 3G
• BC-1S battery
• AC/DC power adapter
• Quick setup guide and warranty instructions
• Headset WH-205
• USB charging multi-cable CA-126

• Operating System: Windows 7 Starter Edition, Home Premium or Professional
• MS Office Small Business 60 day trial
• MS Internet Explorer 8
• HDD protection utility, Hotkey utility , Knock Control utility, Power Profile Switcher, Battery Life utility
• Nokia Update Manager
• Ovi Suite
• Ovi Maps Gadget
• Social Hub
• F-Secure Internet Security 2010 trial

[The Symbian Blog, Gizmodo, Boy Genius]

According to good ol' DigiTimes, Nokia will be following up the Booklet 3G with that long-rumoured ARM-based smartbook of theirs. This smartbook will probably not be running Android, since it's tipped to probably run either Symbian or Maemo - and y'know the Google Chrome OS is on the way. Nothing is confirmed at the time, but it could have a multi-core ARM Cortex A9 Sparrow CPU. It's expected to launch in mid-2010 which is pretty far from now.

[DigiTimes, Engadget, Netbooked, Maximum PC]

The Nokia Booket 3G that was announced yesterday was pretty sexy and unexpected. I mentioned that it had an Apple look to it and Nokia is not taking my comment lightly. According to the latest rumour, Nokia will be pegging an Apple price tag on their netbook; it's rumoured to launch for $799 USD off-contract. Paying $800 for a netbook is ridiculous, seeing as there are cheaper netbooks out there. Even for Apple, $800 for a 10-inch laptop is absurd - okay, maybe not.

The difference between an $800 10-inch Apple netbook - if it were real - and the $800 Nokia Booklet 3G is that the Apple one would sell - even if it had terrible specs.

[Liliputing]

It was just a couple of days ago when Nokia confirmed that they are definitely "looking" to enter the netbook market and it's been months since we've heard rumours about a Nokia netbook. Today, it's official! Nokia has unveiled the Booklet 3G, it has: a 10.1-inch display, an Intel Atom CPU, integrated 3G, a SIM card slot, aGPS support, HDMI output, Bluetooth / WiFi support, and a battery long enough to reportedly last 12 hours. The design definitely looks pretty nice. It weighs 2.75 pounds, it's just 2cm thick, and I'm loving the chiclet keyboard layout - don't forget it's aluminum body. It's like Apple helped them design this thing. This is sexy.

It looks like it will be available this year because it is running Windows 7 in the video below - hopefully there'll be an Intel Moblin OS option. This netbook will be officially unveiled on September 2nd by Nokia themselves - y'know Nokia World.



[Engadget, Liliputing, Crunch Gear, Unwired View, Beta News]