The Nokia Booklet 3G was a
netbook
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produced by the
Finnish
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* Culture of Finland
* Finnish people or Finns, the primary ethnic group in Finland
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company
Nokia
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. It was announced on 24 August 2009.
History
The Booklet 3G was Nokia's first netbook. The company produced a series of personal computers in the 1980s called
MikroMikko
MikroMikko was a Finnish line of microcomputers released by Nokia Corporation's computer division Nokia Data from 1981 through 1987. MikroMikko was Nokia Data's attempt to enter the business computer market. They were especially designed for good ...
, but sold that business in 1991 to focus on mobile phone production.
Though
Kai Öistämö, Nokia's executive vice-president for devices,
has said the Booklet is "a natural evolution for us,"
Stephen Williams from ''
The New York Times
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'' says it is "more of a homecoming" because of Nokia's prior computer business.
Nokia's expansion into the netbook market is contrary to computer maker
Apple
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's 2007 expansion into the phone market with their
iPhone.
Nokia announced the device in August 2009.
The price was announced to be €575 before tax,
making it one of the higher-priced netbooks available.
Design and technology
Following the
defence of the original netBook trademark by long-term
partner company Psion the previous year, Nokia described the Booklet 3G as a "mini-laptop", although it was widely described as a
netbook
Netbook was a commonly used term that identified a product class of small and inexpensive laptops which were sold from 2007 to around 2013. These machines were designed primarily as cost-effective tools for consumers to access the Inte ...
by others.
It is thick and weighs ,
is cased in an aluminium shell.
Its
glossy display
A glossy display is an electronic display with a glossy surface. In certain light environments, glossy displays provide better color intensity and contrast ratios than matte displays. The primary disadvantage of these displays is their tenden ...
measures diagonally, and supports
high-definition video
High-definition video (HD video) is video of higher resolution and quality than standard-definition. While there is no standardized meaning for ''high-definition'', generally any video image with considerably more than 480 vertical scan lines (No ...
.
The Booklet uses an Intel Atom Z530 processor
to run the Microsoft
Windows 7
Windows 7 is a major release of the Windows NT operating system developed by Microsoft. It was released to manufacturing on July 22, 2009, and became generally available on October 22, 2009. It is the successor to Windows Vista, released nearly ...
operating system. Nokia says that the battery will last up to 12 hours per charge.
The Booklet supports network connections through
Wi-Fi
Wi-Fi () is a family of wireless network protocols, based on the IEEE 802.11 family of standards, which are commonly used for local area networking of devices and Internet access, allowing nearby digital devices to exchange data by radio wave ...
,
Bluetooth
Bluetooth is a short-range wireless technology standard that is used for exchanging data between fixed and mobile devices over short distances and building personal area networks (PANs). In the most widely used mode, transmission power is limi ...
and 3G/HSPA.
It also offers telecommunications support via
SIM card
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file:Sim card.png, A smart card taken from a Global System for Mobile Communications, GSM mobile phone
file:Simkarte NFC SecureE ...
,
has a built-in A-GPS receiver and
accelerometer
An accelerometer is a tool that measures proper acceleration. Proper acceleration is the acceleration (the rate of change of velocity) of a body in its own instantaneous rest frame; this is different from coordinate acceleration, which is accele ...
, and includes Nokia's
Ovi Maps
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service.
The integrated Intel
GMA 500
The Intel Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) is a series of integrated graphics processors introduced in 2004 by Intel, replacing the earlier Intel Extreme Graphics series and being succeeded by the Intel HD and Iris Graphics series.
This series ...
graphic system is poorly supported by the
Linux distribution
A Linux distribution (often abbreviated as distro) is an operating system made from a software collection that includes the Linux kernel and, often, a package management system. Linux users usually obtain their operating system by downloading one ...
s, since the drivers for it are proprietary software.
CNET rated it 4/5, saying it is a "wonderful piece of engineering" and praising its integrated 3G modem, its high-resolution screen, its exceptional battery life and its fan-free design, though they noted it was more expensive than most netbooks. Laptopmag rated only 3/5.
See also
List of Nokia products
The following is a list of products branded by Nokia.
Current products and services
Products by Nokia Technologies Wi-Fi routers
* Nokia WiFi Beacon 1
* Nokia WiFi Beacon 3
Digital audio
* Nokia OZO Audio
Smart TVs
Nokia markets smart TVs tha ...
References
External links
* Nokia's corporate blog
Nokia Booklet 3G mini laptop unveiled
* Nokia's corporate blog
More Nokia Booklet 3G specs emerge at Nokia World 09
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Netbooks
Computer-related introductions in 2009
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