When Nokia announced its entry into the laptop market, it seemed to be a crazy news or Nokia was just trying to get some good business there with the fame of their mobile market domination. This seemed to be true until the Nokia Booklet 3G was actually released into the market.
The design is superb, single bodied structure resembling the unibody aluminum MacBook, with curved edges and glossy top with a central simple-as-always logo of Nokia. It seems that Nokia has tried not to experiment much and throw in more ideas on the design, which is the best part now as one would want a design not better than this one. The glossy surface although easily gets covered with the dust, marks and fingerprints but it won’t be very painful to wipe it off with a soft cloth. Its not just the compact and simple design that gives the resemblance to MacBook, but the Booklet 3G is also made of aluminum.
The screen can be opened wide, to make the laptop totally horizontal, i.e. it can be opened to almost 180 degrees. A pretty advantageous and comfortable option! The laptop isn’t too heavy, and its just 0.78″ thick, when closed although it has 16-cell battery in the bottom. The left side pane has 2 USB slots, an HDMI port, 3.5 mm headphone jack and the right side has the SIM and Memory card slots, along with a USB port. There is no ethernet port, but one has to compromise with a few options when talking about the small design and compact structure.
Talking about the screen, the quality and resolution of the 10.1″ is pretty good and when compared to those of Asus EEE PCs, and HP Netbooks (HP 1001 Mini), we call this a winner. The brightness in here is not forced as what we see in many small-screened netbooks. It won’t hurt the eyes, although you use it for hours in a dark place. The keyboard, is not pretty much impressive where one of the couple things could make it better – The keys should have been bigger, covering the gaps between the keys (there is seriously no need for the gaps), or else Nokia should have considered extending the keys to the end of the board. The right portion of the keyboard looks too clustered, where getting hands onto there is not easy if you are an avid user of Sony, Dell or Apple laptops. The trackpad is well made, with single-touch sensing unit and hard click bottons below the pad.
The webcam is there enough for any video chats, but clicking pictures won’t give you high quality pics, so better keep it to just a simple webcam with no big expectations.
Conclusion:
A sleek, beautifully packed launch by Nokia. The looks are impressive, and the size that can fit into small bag and carry along anywhere. With 3 USB ports, it can help you in carrying out multiple external port connections well. Overall, a good entry by Nokia.
Note : Nokia has sent us a Booklet 3G as a sample to test out the Netbook and share the actual experience with our readers.
