GLOBAL – The first Nokia Booklet 3G mini laptops have begun to hit shelves this week, with Germany’s O2 stores playing exclusive host to the diminutive device’s global debut. Pre-orders have also now begun Stateside, where the Booklet 3G is expected to land on laps via AT&T and Best Buy stores from mid-November.

Click through for our mini round-up of all things Booklet 3G, including full details on German and US launches, plus videos, specs, photo galleries and more.

Nokia Booklet 3G dated for US launch

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.

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Now tell us what to do with the Nokia Booklet 3G

GLOBAL – Last week news surfaced on the first official release date for the Nokia Booklet 3G, with Germany primed to welcome it onto its soil from October 22 on O2 (read the full story), amplifying the buzz across the web for Nokia’s debut mini laptop PC. Like its smaller sibling, the Nokia N900, the Booklet 3G has been the hub of heaps of discussion and eager debate, particularly around the specs, and we’re as itching as many of you are to get hold of it, flip the lid, and get stuck into seeing what it can do.

Last week we asked you tell us what you’d like us to do with the N900 when we get ours (any day now folks), and the response continues to be phenomenal (131 suggestions and counting!). So we thought we’d apply the same tried-and-tested treatment to the upcoming Booklet 3G, as we’re sure many of you have smart suggestions on what we should do with it once it lands on on our doormat. Click through to leave your comments and share your suggestions.

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Nokia Booklet 3G on sale October 22

GERMANY – [UPDATE] The Nokia Booklet 3G will be available to O2 customers in Germany from October 22, a little over two weeks from now. The announcement was made today and the device will be available to O2 customers for €249 upfront and then €20 per month over 24 months. There is also an optional flat rate data tariff of €25 per month. We’ll have further confirmation on this pricing as we get it.

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VIDEO: Nokia Booklet 3G – interview video

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Excitement at reading tea leaves

BOSTON, USA – One of the benefits of knowing the unknowns, the things that are unknown to the public, but known to the company, is that it gets exciting when folks start speculating – about launches, devices, direction, moves. And I like speculating as much as the next guy.

Of course, we don’t substantiate rumors or talk about those known unknowns (that’s usually called a leak). And it’s a hard balance to say enough to show where we are going, without giving the game away. In some cases this can put us in an unfavorable light. For example, it’s sometimes foolish to suggest we released a solution in response to a competitor device or service, when in actuality, solution timelines were long set before the competitor revealed its solution. Or, all of us have to wear a Finnish poker-face, because we can’t really to talk about a leaked product everyone is excited about.

Today, there are some links we’d like to share. In the past week, we’ve had more than enough concrete stuff to be excited about. But here are three articles that are examples of the hopeful speculation we usually like to read. There is also one, to remind us that even when we do reveal something, it might not be so exciting in the end.

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Nokia Booklet 3G – what people think

GLOBAL – “We expect to be connected all the time, no matter where we are”. So says Kai Öistämö, head of devices at Nokia. There’s no doubt mobility is such a key part of our technological lives now, and such a rich part of Nokia’s heritage. It seems like a natural extension that the next thing we should see from Nokia is the Booklet 3G. Speaking to potential users about connectivity and mobility illicited some predictable, and in some cases scary, responses, which combined sum up pretty well the general view on connectivity and mobility. The full responses can be seen in the video below, but here come some of our choice cuts.
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