Yesterday I upgraded my U820 from a 120GB 1.8” 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” 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.
September 2nd, 2009 at 8:57 am
New article: Nokia Booklet 3G full specs. Slow HDD could be an issue. http://cli.gs/uP4HQ
September 2nd, 2009 at 11:02 am
err, 38400mah? i think there is a zero to many there
Chippy Reply:
September 2nd, 2009 at 1:39 pm
Corrected. Thanks
September 2nd, 2009 at 1:07 pm
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.