Comments on: Nokia Booklet. Specification Update. Price. Thoughts on Battery life / Performance.

By: Bern

Bern — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 17:45:29 +0000

With No VGA output and Wired Network Card, I dont think this measures up to the standard mini laptops. The design is cool though. But I dont think I want to buy a mini or netbook without VGA and Wired network card. What if I want to connect to external monitor or projector, what if I dont get a wireless internet but have access to wired internet?

By: beomagi

beomagi — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 01:13:06 +0000

Are you guys using SIMs on notebooks in the states? if what what carrier? Here I worry about ridiculous limits and charges.

By: Alex

Alex — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 00:39:54 +0000

The specs looks okay especially the hot swappable SIM slot, this would eliminate me from using the dongle, one thing that makes me think twice is the $799 price. I wish this would go down eventually.

By: Beomagi

Beomagi — Mon, 31 Aug 2009 16:46:29 +0000

Agree with resolution. Culv would be nice, though I’m not sure it’s totally necessary. At $800 it would be nice…

By: Beomagi

Beomagi — Mon, 31 Aug 2009 16:44:43 +0000

I can get that going linux can give a lighter feel, though the n800 and n810 – while I rather use that than a limiting ebook reader are prone to crashing.

This has me believing maemo isn’t very stable – or is it the nokia hardware?

If that’s aluminum, that netbook looks… delicious

By: Mandula

Mandula — Wed, 26 Aug 2009 12:07:17 +0000

Is there really NO any mic port (only headphone line-out), you know, the pink one, or i’ve just missed it? Or is it built-in somewhere? I cannot find in description… Or should I buy a headset with only one jack-plug on the end for this booklet, and that will fit to this one headphone port, in and out in the same time like in telephones?

I like Nokia anyway, if this little sweetie comes to Hungary… mmm…

By: Emin Tolga Özdemir

Emin Tolga Özdemir — Wed, 26 Aug 2009 04:34:57 +0000

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By: Arnolfo

Arnolfo — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 22:13:19 +0000

For $799, I would expect at least a multitouch 1366×768 screen or a faster CULV processor with full 1080p capabilitie

By: George

George — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 21:50:33 +0000

The build and materials appear to be top-notch – the design is simple but elegant. The keyboard is in the chiclet style, which I’ve come to love. It simply looks like a slim, premium netbook.

Ultimately it will come down to price – which I suspect is going to be very high for the spec, even in consideration of the build and materials used.

Windows 7 isn’t the turn-off that Vista once was. I’d be happy with this on a netbook device – although my preference would still be for XP or a polished Linux OS.

However, the impending arrival of some other interesting mobile devices makes me want to hold off for a bit.

In particular, tablet devices from the likes of Apple, Archos, and Fusion Garage (CrunchPad) are likely to be launching soon – and I believe they’ll be far more suited the to ‘browsing on the move’ I’ve previously used a netbook for.

It does seem to me like a very odd move for Nokia.

By: tino

tino — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 21:12:21 +0000

I actually see this as a sign of Nokia has finally lost it.

Releasing a Netbook so late in the game with so little new features to bring to the table is just lame. In fact it might as well be an ODM MSI wind.

That and the N97 (getting very little interest due to its HTC form factor) and N900 (running on Maemo 5 which is a dead platform as Nokia is moving to a different Liunx toolkit) signal that Nokia smartphone managerment is in complete chaos under the iPhone/Blackberry attack.

Had Nokia release the n900 directly without the n97, it would at least signal a clear upgade path of the future. Now its just confusion.

I aint buying any new Nokia product that’s for sure. I may pickup a used n810 on the cheap though.

By: Chippy

Chippy — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 18:26:07 +0000

Actually I think most people reading UMPCPortal would say the same thing. I’m certainly not interested. There’s nothing this device can do that my Touchbook can’t (I don’t have an HDMI-capable TV) now that i’ve got a spare battery.
However to many people in Europe, Nokia represents a very reliable brand. I really hope the dollar price was a Euro-retail price conversion and not a US price.

By: Chippy

Chippy — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 18:19:35 +0000

The same applies to Belgium. I wish we could have more pricing harmony in Europe with cross-border contracts.

By: Antoni Veciana

Antoni Veciana — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 18:01:34 +0000

Seams very interesting, for my point of view OVI is key word. The problem is mobile operators fares at least in Spain were I live.

By: .thomas

.thomas — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 17:24:29 +0000

i’m not buying anything from nokia that comes with windows. quite the opposite: maemo on the n900 will be a strong reason why i’m most likely buying it. what matters to me is the vertical os that eldar has been talking about – and i already have linux (mint), which i am *not* giving up. so my hope is that maemo at least in the future will work well with my debian based distro.

By: Nick Doucet

Nick Doucet — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 15:56:58 +0000

After just recently purchasing a Viliv X70 (with 3G and 32 GB HD) I can say that this doesn’t excite me in the least. I am looking forward to the Tainell T500.
The only thing that did excite me was 12 hour battery life, and like you say isn’t realistic.

I am looking forward to a 4.8 inch device from Nokia witch I believe isn’t far off, the only question is if will be running Windows 7 or Meamo?

Care to share some light on what you think Chippy?