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Nokia to deliver Windows 7-powered netbook with 12 hours of battery life

Aug. 24, 2009 Paul Thurrott | Paul Thurrott's Supersite for Windows

Yikes. This netbook looks pretty nice, I must admit.

Nokia has just whipped the dust sheet off the Nokia Booklet 3G. A brand new breed of portable device for Nokia, this mini laptop PC sees the company step foot on freshly cut turf, and we’re a little dumb-struck with excitement at the prospect of the experience that this bite-size Booklet promises to deliver when it arrives. Not to mention what it means bigger picture, and how this product could affect the entire mobile landscape for the better (we’ll save that for another story), but let’s not get ahead of ourselves just yet.

First, let’s get down off our tip-toes, take a deep breath, and soak up all the initial details on what the upcoming Nokia Booklet 3G mini laptop is set to deliver when it lands on laps. Read on for every shred of info currently available on this landmark new product, and get the first close-up look at the Nokia Booklet 3G mini laptop in our photo gallery.

The new Nokia Booklet 3G will be a Windows-based machine, supported by an efficient Intel Atom processor that promises the performance of a full-function PC. It’s efficiency credentials are boldly punctuated with battery life that stretches up to 12 hours (with normal daily use, of course – don’t expect a 12-hour Quake-fest off a single hit of juice).

Turning our attention to mini matters of a tape-measure nature, the Nokia Booklet 3G comes toting a glass 10.1-inch HD display (it has an HDMI port for HD video out). This lives within its smart aluminium shell which measures in at just 2cm thin and tips the scales at around a kilogram to ensure it’s extremely portable.

Connecting at speed is crucial with a product of this nature, so the Booklet 3G has been designed with fast downloading and uploading front of mind – it’s 3G/HSPA ready for rapid mobile broadband anywhere-access on the move. Wi-Fi has also been wedged into it’s slim body. Plus, it supports hot-swappable SIM card functionality.

It’s talents don’t end there, with Nokia’s mini laptop PC also featuring onboard assisted-GPS with Ovi Maps neatly sat in the passenger seat. There’s a single front-facing camera nestled above the 10.1-inch HD screen for video chat, with Bluetooth and a built-in SD card reader also making appearances.

There’s already a lot of info to digest here, but there are still more details to come at Nokia World 09 on 2 September – expect official word on where the Nokia Booklet 3G will be available, news on how much it’ll cost, along with a detailed list of specs for the number-hungry among us.

This thing looks pretty nice. A good promotional video doesn't hurt either.

Discuss this Article 42

techfan
on Aug 24, 2009
Oh, that's nice!!! The silver one is nice. I only wish Nokia had use Aero to make it even more sexy.
robertsjoe
on Aug 24, 2009
Windows 7... sexy?! You people are blind? Or just have no taste. Come on!
mikegalos@msn.com
on Aug 24, 2009
It's interesting to see that they're considering Windows DirectAccess a major selling point. You really get the feeling that people HATE their existing VPN solutions and that the Windows 7 / Windows Server 2008 R2 solution is going to be a BIG hit.
mikegalos@msn.com
on Aug 24, 2009
One other GREAT feature of Windows is not having to apologize for having robertsjoe speaking for us.
stimshady
on Aug 24, 2009
robertsgay strikes again! (what a loser!) this product should be excellent if nokia's previous products are anything to go by.
Backup77
on Aug 24, 2009
Now thats a sweet machine with some impressive spec. After reading Paul's quick take on the Toshiba NB200 which has an impressive 8 hours of battery life plus a neat keyboard to boot these things are heading to a new level.
Waethorn
on Aug 25, 2009
No Aero = Windows 7 Starter. FAIL! Give me the same thing, but with: a) Ion Gen 2 b) a Pine Trail dual-core Atom, and c) Windows 7 Professional and I'll cheer.
lotsamystuff
on Aug 25, 2009
"One other GREAT feature of Windows is not having to apologize for having robertsjoe speaking for us." OTOH, you have "Waethorn".
Waethorn
on Aug 25, 2009
@losta: STFU! You are a troll!
lotsamystuff
on Aug 25, 2009
@"waethorn" And it's so much fun to watch you take the bait. Every. Single. Time.
lotsamystuff
on Aug 25, 2009
Back OT: That really IS a sweet-looking little netbook (silly protestations from homegrown-system-sellers aside). It'll be interesting to see the price point. I'm really enjoying the netbook I bought, but I never would have bothered with another windows box if it weren't for the $250 price point. From the looks of things, Nokia may have finally gotten the netbook right. We'll see.
Waethorn
on Aug 25, 2009
"And it's so much fun to watch you take the bait. Every. Single. Time." And you're what, like 12? Did you get your mommy and daddy's permission before using the internet?
tayme
on Aug 25, 2009
@Paul - See the above exchange between "lotsamystuff" and Waethorn. It is a perfect example of what your post the other day - http://community.winsupersite.com/blogs/paul/archive/2009/08/23/not-so-f... - was about. In fact, it seems to be what your blog has been reduced to. Wow...just plain wow! You guys are incorrigible. --tayme
Waethorn
on Aug 25, 2009
"After reading Paul's quick take on the Toshiba NB200 which has an impressive 8 hours of battery life plus a neat keyboard to boot these things are heading to a new level." The Asus Eee PC 1000HE has been selling for a while now with a chicklet-style keyboard, Atom N280 1.66GHz CPU (not the weak Z series), 9.5 hour battery, easy accessibility to a standard 2.5" notebook hard drive and RAM slots for upgradeability (doesn't void warranty either), WiFi-N, Bluetooth, and multi-touch trackpad. It retails for a little over $400US.
planetarian
on Aug 25, 2009
Wae/Lot: Weren't we just having a discussion about this somewhere? The whole respecting-one-another-on-the-internet thing. Hm...
tayme
on Aug 25, 2009
On topic - Very nice NetBook. I wonder if it will be limited to a cpecific carrier for the 3G, or since it can accept a SIM Card, if it will be universally available? --tayme
lketchum
on Aug 25, 2009
I'm glad someone is finally talking about things like DirectAccess and RemoteApp. Both are great examples of "cloud" computing and the necessary combination of capable client and server software working together to make work and life better and easier. Making this possible from a lightweight device with great battery life that is also a joy to use reflects advances that require solid platforms across the board. I am very encouraged to see this emphasized. Paul's recent observations suggest he is learning more about what people have been asking for and how Microsoft, the OEM's, ISV's and IHV's have been responding. It doesn't take a very hard look to uncover that the hybrid model combining services and software (intentionally reversed order) is where things are not only headed, but where they will end up. It's terrific to see a hardware vendor looking outside their own box and at their products in the context of how they will be used.
Lindy
on Aug 25, 2009
"It's interesting to see that they're considering Windows DirectAccess a major selling point. You really get the feeling that people HATE their existing VPN solutions and that the Windows 7 / Windows Server 2008 R2 solution is going to be a BIG hit." Yeah I know so many network admins that are going to rip out either Cisco or Checkpoint VPN concentrators to replace them with Windows 2008 and Windows 7. Huge hit. Especially since you will need Windows 7 on any client needing full access. Huge selling point, right up there with XP mode.
EricoF3
on Aug 25, 2009
@robertsjoe: "Windows 7... sexy?! You people are blind? Or just have no taste. Come on!" What do you mean robertjoe?? You mean OSX is more sexy than Windows 7??? D'oh!! OSX is just cute... Windows 7 is not just sexy... It is usable... rather than OSX!!!
EricoF3
on Aug 25, 2009
lol robertsgay ... lol good one... I will call robertjoe, robertgay since now lol!!
EricoF3
on Aug 25, 2009
@Waethorn: shut up cock socker... I mean Waethorngay.....
lketchum
on Aug 25, 2009
@Lindy, DirectAccess, and the OVI services mentioned in the ad are for a lot more people and small businesses and not just big companies with existing investments in legacy hardware and methods. In fact, that is the entire point and promise of services over software cloud computing. Things like secure only VPN-less connections to hosted Exchanges, that are integrated with unified communications and collaboration services in the cloud, and DirectAccess and RemoteApp connections to one's own small network, are what is of such keen interest to people. It is the idea that even for those with little capital can now access the capabilities that were once very expensive and impractical. If you want to talk about democratizing information and delivering the power of services oriented software, not just over the web, but throughout the cloud, than this little device and ad stand as great examples of that possibility. If you take into account all the work that has gone on for decades now - RPC over HTTPS, Rally and Teredo technologies, you can begin to understand how exciting a time we are living in really is. It is not about these technologies at all, but how they will be used that is what I am speaking to. As sexy as this device may be, it's hard to see its value without Windows 7, Windows Server 2008 R2 and the many "services" oriented servers like Exchange, SharePoint, Bing Maps and ISV wares like our own Sovereign that integrate with them all and countless external stores of both data and code bits - all that being accessible for 12 hours from a fun to use device that connects from about any location on earth and within the reach of about any working person and or small business. Pretty dang cool stuff! It ain’t yer grandpa’s VPN, cuz we don’t need (or want) a VPN!
subzerohitman721
on Aug 25, 2009
This looks interesting. I guess we'll have to wait and see if its a big hit or not. Something to keep an eye on.
Ocean
on Aug 25, 2009
"DirectAccess, and the OVI services mentioned in the ad are for a lot more people and small businesses and not just big companies with existing investments in legacy hardware and methods." I was thinking just this. They'll never pry my cisco solutions out of my hands...even dead. :)
Waethorn
on Aug 25, 2009
"Weren't we just having a discussion about this somewhere? The whole respecting-one-another-on-the-internet thing." Nope. That was robertsjoe and I, since he said not to take him seriously. Losta pretends to be serious though, and all he does is come of as a troll.
Lindy
on Aug 25, 2009
JHC iketchum you are seriously a bag of hot air. Do you talk to your self much? I get the RPC over HTTPS, especially for the SBS world, for all MS shops. That said it just wont fly in large corporations, where security is king and established, proven solutions from Network vendors are king. I work for a large financial institution and there is no way they would trust their remote access to this new solution from Microsoft. Not to mention we support users connecting with Mac's which wont work withthis solution. I am all for the cloud, but not everything is going to be moved, and should not be, out of corporations and into the cloud. Pauls latest pod cast with Leo talked about how MS is positioned to do both, cloud and in house and I agree with him. A hybrid model will emerge or has with companies using outsourced HR companies, or moving front end SMTP/AV/Anti-Spam to the likes of Postini (Google), or credit card/check processing to outside vendors. Often most of these solutions use a more traditional VPN approach, and also DONT store any company data.
Waethorn
on Aug 25, 2009
@tayme: Get off your high horse that you so proudly trot about on. losta doesn't belong here. He's nothing more than a Mackie troll. I'd like you to point out one time where I flamebaited him in the last few months. I don't imagine that's even possible, whereas he has repeatedly done so to me.
Waethorn
on Aug 25, 2009
"That said it just wont fly in large corporations, where security is king and established, proven solutions from Network vendors are king. I work for a large financial institution and there is no way they would trust their remote access to this new solution from Microsoft." You forget that this is actually a combination of older technologies with SSL being a key foundation in the setup. SSL is much cheaper, and can be much more secure than most proprietary solutions. This will be a very competitive offering for companies looking at expanding, or will cause them to think twice about renewing service contracts.
kent909
on Aug 25, 2009
Why do we get half the story yesterday and have to wait for the whole story on 9-2. Marketing people are a different breed for sure.
tayme
on Aug 25, 2009
@Waethorn - No high horse here...just pointing out to Paul an example of somehting that he posted about. "I'd like you to point out one time where I flamebaited him in the last few months." In this thread alone you have done it twice...that is unless you are going to claim, "He did it first!" In your own words, "And you're what, like 12?" Regarding your claim - "losta doesn't belong here. He's nothing more than a Mackie troll." How did you come to the conclusion, and furthermore, what gives you the right to determine who "belongs here"? Paul posts about Apple and OS X regularly...those are the threads that get the most traffic - from both sides of the debate. Its what Paul is after with those posts...an audience. --tayme
lketchum
on Aug 25, 2009
@Lindy, Sheesh dude, spare the personal attacks. Refute, if you can, what I said the benefits are. Also, many (we do) host Exchanges and use Postini (since before Google bought them and candidly, started to jack with the service) as external filters. It's only one great example of what I meant - about in-use and effective hybrid models. Same drill for RemoteApp and DirectAccess. Both have great benefits to even the smallest of businesses and using all this from small devices that run a long time is exactly what people want. We've been doing this sort of thing for a long time and our customers love it. With 7 and WS08 R2 it is going to be a lot easier and we can dump the costs of all the hardware and third party licensing previously used - e.g., edge devices we used to support VPN's, etc...
Waethorn
on Aug 25, 2009
"In this thread alone you have done it twice..." Read the definition of flamebait. "How did you come to the conclusion" He contributes about as much fluff as robertsjoe, EricoF3, Ocean, etc. "what gives you the right to determine who "belongs here"?" And what gives you the right to play the role of unbiased moderator?
tayme
on Aug 25, 2009
@Waethorn - It seems that your posts earlier in this thread meet the following 3 definitions. Merriam-Webster doesn't have a definition for flamebait or I would have included that one too. Would you like me to look elsewhere for a definition? As far as me playing unbiased moderator - I'm not doing that...I am merely pointing out facts that you OS Warriors seem to forget. I still haven't figured out why you feel that you have the right to say who does and does not belong here...but whatever. From Wikipedia - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flamebait - Flamebait is a message posted to a public Internet discussion group, such as a forum, newsgroup or mailing list, with the intent of provoking an angry response (a "flame") or argument over a topic the troll often has no real interest in. From Reference.com - http://www.reference.com/browse/Flame+bait - Flamebait is a message posted to a public Internet discussion group, such as a forum, newsgroup or mailing list, with the intent of provoking an angry response (a "flame") or argument over a topic the troll often has no real interest in. From Urbandictionary.com - http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=flamebait - An email, usually to a message board, written with intent to offend\anger\enrage other persons, so that they will send a flaming email in reply. --tayme
truffoo0
on Aug 25, 2009
ipSec VPN's are being replaced by SSL VPN's. Some organisations (such as us) have a Cisco ipSec VPN concentrator. Works quite nicely until you want to use the Cisco VPN client on 64-bit Windows. There is no supported client. So the option is to upgrade to a Cisco SSLvpn solution, try a 3rd party client, or do something completely different. We'll probably end up with the Cisco SSLvpn solution because, as Lindy rightly says, DirectAccess will not be an option for non-Windows. However, for those with primarily Windows machines, DirectAccess has quite significant benefits (cost [assuming they are under SA agreement for Windows client], ease of setup, etc). The question I had is, will Microsoft license out the DirectAccess protocols (like it has with RDP and Exchange Active Sync). That would minimise the draw to Windows 7 but increase the draw to Windows Server. My guess is that they will license it out, but after Windows 7 has enough penetration to not need DirectAccess as a selling point.
Jimmy422
on Aug 25, 2009
@ Waethorn "No Aero = Windows 7 Starter." That's not Starter, as it has a custom wallpaper. Microsoft has said that OEMs are not allowed to change the wallpaper in Windows 7 Starter. It's most likely Home Premium with transparency disabled to save battery life.
Jimmy422
on Aug 25, 2009
Actually, it might even be Pro.
Lindy
on Aug 25, 2009
Like I said for a all windows SBS customer its a great tool. It does cut out the Cisco or Checkpoint piece in the middle. It extends RWW even more. However once you have to connect a vendor, say a bank or whatever and they want a real VPN tunnel, using hardware, it stops working. Or throw in XP or Mac clients. Also right or wrong in larger companies you have network departments and systems departments and the network team and their security people are going to dictate the access method, and I bet a Microsoft solution is way down on their list. Cisco and others offer clientless, browser based VPN connections and many other features to rival this feature, at a cost. Postini is a great example of moving something into the cloud with out moving your data into the cloud. Let postini take the brunt of a massive email worm, not your Exchange server. Simple turn key applications that are more of a service are great for the cloud, and like I said some of them require a real VPN connection. We have several vendors that require these types of connections as part of a total solution.
Lindy
on Aug 25, 2009
@truffoo0 I remember sitting in a local movie theater that MS had rented out for their technet presentation that covered direct access among other new features and I thought it was great. However two things ran through my mind right away, the need for Windows 7, and getting the network teams of the world to drop whatever the current solution that is in place. Those two requirements immediately led me to think 10% or less market penetration in the corporate world. They need a XP/Vista/Mac client. Does it run on Vista?
Waethorn
on Aug 25, 2009
@tayme: What losta is doing is flamebaiting. What I'm doing is a rebuttal. He has nothing relevant to add to the conversation. "Microsoft has said that OEMs are not allowed to change the wallpaper in Windows 7 Starter." They can't change the wallpaper, but that was a solid colour.
tayme
on Aug 25, 2009
I do believe that a rebuttal can be flamebait as well. If not, by your definition, mikegalos is a flamebaiting troll since his post "One other GREAT feature of Windows is not having to apologize for having robertsjoe speaking for us." does not appear to be a rebuttal to anybody. I am glad that we finally agree on mikegalos' place on this blog. --tayme
Waethorn
on Aug 25, 2009
"throw in XP or Mac clients.... it stops working" XP and Mac machines can certainly use SSL from a browser, and that's exactly what SBS does with RWW. RDP is also used over SSL in RWW, which is more secure than most IPsec implementations. Microsoft even recommends that you use RWW to access an SBS server remotely through RDP, because RDP isn't as secure even over a standard VPN, and the RDP packets get encapsulated with SSL. DirectAccess requires Windows 7, but SSL doesn't, and SBS certainly supports XP and Mac clients connected to the domain and using RDP over SSL. The point of this is to eliminate hardware expenditures by acquiring more intelligent software. How many people actually use a hardware firewall anymore too? At least, a true hardware firewall. One that isn't just a glorified server with software, loaded into a 2U rack space.
Jimmy422
on Aug 25, 2009
@ Waethorn "They can't change the wallpaper, but that was a solid colour." It had a glow and lens flare, which leads me to believe it was a wallpaper. Even if it was a solid color Windows 7 Starter doesn't allow you to change it from the default Windows logo wallpaper. Period.

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