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Nokia announced its entrance into the netbook world last week, but decided to hold fire on revealing the full spec and pricing until the start of its Nokia World event. That didn't stop us speculating, of course.
Nokia World kicked-off today and Nokia seems to have given an exclusive to its own in-house blog, called Nokia Conversations. Here are the highlights:
Chassis
- A chassis made from a single piece of machined aluminum
- Three different colors at launch: black, ice (white) and azure (blue)
CPU and Chipset
- Intel Atom Z530, 1.6 GHz
- Intel Poulsbo US15W, fanless design
Memory and Storage
- RAM: 1 GB, DDR2, 533 Mhz, soldered down
- HDD: 120 GB, 1.8"/5mmH/SATA, 8 MB cache, 4200 RPM
Display
- 10.1", 1280×720 pixels, glass window
Battery
- 16 cell, 56.8 Wh, Li-Ion prismatic, removable design
Software
- Operating System: Windows 7 Starter Edition, Home Premium or Professional
- MS Office Small Business 60 day trial
- MS Internet Explorer 8
Connectivity
- 802.11 b/g/n, 2T2R
- BT 2.1 + EDR
- Inbuilt 3G modem (data calls only). Different variants: WCDMA: 850/1900/2100 or WCDMA 900/2100 or no modem.
- All modem variants have GSM and GPRS
- Assisted-GPS
I/O ports
- 1 x HDMI 1.2 out
- 3 x USB 2.0
- 1 x headphone out (OMTP 3.5 mm) - with OMTP headsets also functions as audio in
- 1 x DC-in
- 1 x SD card reader
- 1 x SIM / USIM slot
Camera and microphone
- 1.3 MP front facing camera with integrated microphone
Other
- Accelerometer
A big part of the USP (unique selling point) of the Booklet is its claimed 12 hours of battery life, and thus independence from a charger for a whole working day. We'll believe that when we see it with our own eyes, but if it's true it's a major setback for the nascent ‘smartbook' market, which is hoping all day battery life will be one of its competitive advantages over Intel Atom based mini-notebooks.
Oh yes, the article subsequently confirmed the price as €575, Which is around £509 at today's exchange rate. So maybe smartbooks don't need to worry so much.
