Nokia Booklet 3G full specs. Slow HDD could be an issue.

Posted on 02 September 2009, Last updated on 12 November 2019 by

Yesterday I upgraded my U820 from a 120GB 1.8 inch HDD to a Runcore SSD. Its has gone from usable to enjoyable.

The relevant thing about my upgrade is that my U820 has an Intel Atom Z530 and is running Windows 7 which is exactly what the Nokia Booklet has. Oh dear. Nokia went for storage rather than speed (and probably used a 1.8 inch drive to leave more room for batteries) but at the price they have announced they should have put a fast 16GB SSD in there for the OS and a 160GB drive for the storage. Update: The drive is a 120GB SATA model.

Full specs at Nokia Conversations. I’ll double check these against the specs we already have and update as necessary.

The 16-cell battery (probably 4 serial, 4 parallel giving 14.8V) has a capacity of 3840mah (source: Slashgear) giving 56wh. 12 hours battery life is correct (radios off, screen brightness low) as we often see Menlow-based products averaging under 5w when in these very low-power states. Expect more than 8hr of hard browser-based ‘on-net’ time.

4 Comments For This Post

  1. Steve 'Chippy' Paine says:

    New article: Nokia Booklet 3G full specs. Slow HDD could be an issue. http://cli.gs/uP4HQ

  2. turn.self.off says:

    err, 38400mah? i think there is a zero to many there ;)

  3. Chippy says:

    Corrected. Thanks

  4. Alan Edwards says:

    A few more points:

    The 1Gb RAM is soldered-in, so there’s no way to upgrade it. Windows 7 is OK with a gig of RAM, but my 2133 is already using 630Mb on start-up now I’ve added anti-virus etc.

    There are variants that don’t have a 3G modem – is it confirmed that the 579 Euro price is for the modem-equipped version?

    There are variants that have Windows 7 Starter – does 579 Euros get you a real OS?

    That 1.8″ hard disc is going to be slow.

    There’s no analogue video or ethernet port.

    579 Euro is before tax, so you’re looking at nearly £600 in UK-money for maybe £400 worth of machine. This machine should have an Apple badge, it’s priced like one.

    Alan.

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