Nokia’s new Booklet 3G netbook looks impressive. With its sleek aluminum shell, 12-hour battery, Wi-Fi, 3G broadband, and GPS, it’s a slick package (on paper, anyway, since we haven’t tested it yet) that should appeal to folks who want a mini-note with the capabilities of full-size notebooks.
The Booklet 3G is one of several premium netbooks that are just now reaching the market. Two other examples, both priced below or near $500, include the Samsung Go, a new mini-note with a 10.1-inch display, a 1.3-megapixel Webcam, and 1GB of RAM (upgradable to 2GB); and Sony’s first netbook, the Vaio W, which has a 10-inch screen with an impressive (for a netbook) resolution of 1,366 by 768 pixels.
Both the Samsung and Sony netbooks come with Windows XP. Nokia says the Booklet will come with Windows 7—no surprise there—but it hasn’t said which version of Win 7. Will it run Windows 7 Starter Edition (SE), a barebones operating system built for cheap netbooks? Or will it feature Windows 7 Home Premium, a far more capable OS that Microsoft has targeted for desktops and full-size portables?
More: http://pcworld.com/article/170701/
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The Booklet 3G is one of several premium netbooks that are just now reaching the market. Two other examples, both priced below or near $500, include the Samsung Go, a new mini-note with a 10.1-inch display, a 1.3-megapixel Webcam, and 1GB of RAM (upgradable to 2GB); and Sony’s first netbook, the Vaio W, which has a 10-inch screen with an impressive (for a netbook) resolution of 1,366 by 768 pixels.
Both the Samsung and Sony netbooks come with Windows XP. Nokia says the Booklet will come with Windows 7—no surprise there—but it hasn’t said which version of Win 7. Will it run Windows 7 Starter Edition (SE), a barebones operating system built for cheap netbooks? Or will it feature Windows 7 Home Premium, a far more capable OS that Microsoft has targeted for desktops and full-size portables?
More: http://pcworld.com/article/170701/
