Not too long ago the news got out that mobile phone company Nokia was about to enter the netbook market with its Booklet 3G. Specifications were unavailable then, but today at Nokia World '09 the company announced all the details around this slick netbook.
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The Euro price puts this device at over $800 USD without a carrier subsidy.
Even with a subsidy/markdown from a major carrier, I can't imagine any of them going more than $200.
- Good - A data capable devoce with very nice specs.
- Bad - 1GB Soldered RAM with no slot to add more.
- Good - Windows 7 (tailored) is a plus. Maybe.
How will 1GB of RAM run Windows 7, even tailored, with efficiency over time with patches & hot fixes?
It seems to me that Nokia, while well intentioned, missed the mark with this one.
Even with a subsidized price from a major carrier, anyone looking for a Netbook will quickly see that an Eee PC or Acer Aspire One will have greater expandability and a larger Hard Drive (160G instead of Nokia having a 120G) with an approx $300 USD sticker price; not over $800.
No thanks.
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Heh, so one either has a 3G modem sticking out of a USB port, or a ready boost USB drive sticking out of a USB port... Either way, it's something you have to hook up. Stupid really, when all Nokia had to do was include 2 gb of ram from the beginning. As for me, if I need 3g on my netbook, I'll opt for the external 3g modem. I don't always need 3g, but I do always need 2 gb of ram.
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The interesting question is why Nokia would decide to enter the Netbook business. Why ship a Windows machine when their grand new strategy is 'Maemo über alles'?
Most likely they intend to use it as a vehicle to get their Ovi stuff (and Qt) on people's desktops.
Can't wait to see how that works out.
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At EUR500+ not well without major subsidies from carriers. Given carriers are already giving away cheaper netbooks with some plans (and that the more-money-than-sense crowd would want an Apple sticker on lid) I don't see the demand for this.
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Some people are completely warped. Why on earth do you need more than a gigabyte of RAM in a netbook? Since when does Firefox and Flash Player demand this much RAM? It's a NETbook, not a NOTEbook.
And Firewire? Are you freaking crazy? Atom processors are too slow to do any meaningful video editing. You want Firewire, you buy a notebook with a mobile Core 2 Duo. It's a NETbook.
What's next - demanding a netbook with dual HDDs in RAID?
Typed happily on an Aspire One with 512mb of RAM and 8gb SSD.
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1GB is OK if it's upgradable. Soldered down is what I call nonsense.
Heavy video editing with Atom is problematic, but to cite a pro, Firewire port is required for high-quality DV transfer from camcorders. Also, audio editing and recording are entirly possible with Atom (probably with not many real-time effects used, but that's not most important thing on the go.) And Firewire is *the* choice for reliable outboard audio.
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Because Win7 runs like crap in 1gb once you open a few things, that's why. If it were a slimmed down Linux or even a slimmed down Windows it wouldn't be so bad, but try running a full Win7 in only 1 gb of ram and use it regularly for a while, then ask again why 2gb is necessary in this netbook. Ram is cheap, it consumes negligible power, and it's always better to have more especially when running the latest Windows. 2 gb is basically the sweet spot.
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Heres the reasons i wont buy
1 gb of ram (soldered in?)
intel atom
windows 7
and to get it for the price it SHOULD BE anyway you need to have a contract.
Netbooks like that should cost no more than $250 with NO contract. Considering a 15.6 in notebook can be had for 400 new/shipped
