Products & Services
Nokia Booklet 3G dated for US launch
By Mike on 13 October 2009
NEW YORK, US – Following Germany we’ve just received official word that the Nokia Booklet 3G will be hitting US soil from mid-November, exclusively available to pre-order through Best Buy and available on AT&T from October 22. Read on to find out more about the Booklet 3G’s Stateside debut.
If you live in the US you’ll be able to order Nokia’s first mini laptop PC though Best Buy’s website or in-store from the 22nd of this month, and the launch deal sees the Booklet 3G being made available for $299.99 with an AT&T Data Connect plan two-year activation. The folk at Best Buy are offering a free in-store service too, helping anyone buying a Booklet to activate the device, get a tour of the new Windows 7 operating system, as well as one-to-one walkthroughs of Nokia solutions such as Ovi Suite and Maps.
Nokia CEO, Olli-Pekka Kallasvuo, had this to say about news on the launch of the Booklet 3G in the States:
“Nokia understands mobility like no other company and recognizes that the most ‘powerful’ device is the one that doesn’t have you running for the power plug or network point. By combining the Booklet’s sleek design, impressive features and competitive price together with the new Windows 7 operating system from Microsoft, AT&T’s nationwide 3G coverage and Best Buy’s unmatched national retail footprint, we believe we have a winning combination for U.S. consumers.”
If you haven’t seen it, here’s probably the coolest video of the Nokia Booklet 3G to date…
See the full Nokia Booklet 3G specs list and join the discussion here. Plus, find out more about the Booklet 3G over at our Almanac entry. And as ever please leave your thoughts in the comments section below.
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- Nokia Booklet 3G on sale October 22
Tags | AT&T, Best Buy, Booklet 3G, Nokia Booklet 3G, US
October 13th, 2009 at 6:58 pm
Atom Z530 + 1GB non-expandable memory is a big turn-off for Such an High price ! $700
Sad that it doesnt even have the power of Atom N280.
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October 13th, 2009 at 8:53 pm
$299 is pretty high when you slap on a $40/month data plan that only gives you 200mb of data! $60/month gets you a whopping 5GB. Rip-off.
http://www.wireless.att.com/cell-phone-service/cell-phone-plans/data-connect-plans.jsp
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Hary Reply:
October 14th, 2009 at 7:38 am
@Ben,
I don’t think its that high, considering AT&T offers other lower spec’d netbook at $200 range. For $299, you get so many extra benefits + all in one portable device, that would be useful to many.
But this is certainly not the common man’s device, which i don’t think Nokia wanted it to be anyways.
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October 14th, 2009 at 7:35 am
Being a Nokia lover, its pathetic to know how bad marketing they do and how bad planning they do when launching products like these. Like the Engadget video, (probably the first video posted today by any blog) after the press announcement, it shows how 3g was slow on the netbook after which Nokia had to clarify that they were using UK version of netbooks, hence speed was slow. But damage had already been done by the video to numerous readers, who won’t come back and read again the updated article.
Why didn’t Nokia use a US-version of netbooks that would run fast AT&T 3g? Also the guy in the video was not even demonstrating the strong points of the netbook. Pathetic display on a US launch, where Nokia is the last in the race.
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October 14th, 2009 at 8:26 am
What is the secret about the GPU??? What is it?? Why are they not revealing it in the specs – you know why?……
Because its probably rubbish….and…..wont play HD satisfactorily!!!
Ash
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October 14th, 2009 at 10:08 am
great deal! hopefully Nokia could port this deal to the rest of the world..
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October 15th, 2009 at 4:06 pm
Any one knows if it is possible to buy the booklet withouth AT&T plan?
I would like to buy only the device, not the plan.
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October 25th, 2009 at 2:03 am
$40 a month data plan is expected or u can opt for the $60 plan since sooo many ppl r ready 2 drop the landline & go for dsl direct (dry Loop) which monthly is $40 a month barely connecting @ 6 megs. This net book is HOT & there r so many wi fi spots the public is not aware of I say GO FOR IT!!!
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October 30th, 2009 at 11:42 am
Thats a good products ,When will reach East Africa?
Ngetich From Kenya
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November 3rd, 2009 at 4:11 pm
Would using ReadyBoost solve or help with the non-expandable memory issue? thanks
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November 12th, 2009 at 10:50 am
WHAT ABOUT INDIA ????????????
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