Nokia Booklet 3G
I have only been on twitter since the beginning of April. At first I didn’t get the point and didn’t like the number of people just re-tweeting the same links and news. I get much less of this now that I have pruned the people I follow.
The other day, now that I have a reasonable number of followers, I thought I’d tweet a question. What’s the point of Nokia’s new Booklet 3G? I really couldn’t see the point. How will be different to the Netbooks (with dongles) carriers are selling? How different will it be to my old (thin) Dell D420 that has a built in 3G card?
Here are two replies…
ovjo12 said "Computer companies like Apple, DELL want to make mobile phones and now Nokia want to make computers"
janole (author of Gravity for the S60) said "carrier subsidies, get into USA, potential Apple tablet, low cost of entry"
There’s definately a crossover and blurring of mobile phones and computers going to happen and Nokia wants to remain a part of this market and cover as many options as possible (Symbian, Maemo and now Windows). I can also see now that carrier subsidies will make the Booklet inexpensive and even free on some tariffs. If it’s a good looking machine it might pre-empt people buying an Apple tablet if and when it ever arrives and also includes 3G.
Personally, I can see why Nokia chose Windows over Linux for the Booklet. I know many people who would say Linux would have been a better choice. However, for people such as myself who use development tools and utilities that only run under Windows, a Windows based solution is the only choice.
In terms of what’s truly innovative with the Booklet, I think it’s probably only that it provides 3G connectivity while having a decent battery life (12 hrs). However, it remains to be seen if this is with the 3G radio running all the time.
UPDATE 28 August: One real (official) reason for Nokia Booklet is to multiply Ovi services six-fold.
