Nokia Booklet 3G. Solidtastic
In these heady days where technology news moves at the speed of the internet (just below the speed of light because, like most internet users, the internet is fond of the odd doughnut or ten), we constantly find ourselves feeling about as speedy as a second class snail mail letter in these strike-ridden days.
However, today we bring you something almost tantamount to breaking news. Not quite, of course, we’re not that good. But we’re betting a hell of a whole lot of you haven’t heard of the Nokia Booklet 3G. See, told you, you’ve no idea what we’re talking about, have you? Is it a book-shaped phone? A slider with a big QWERTY keyboard? A… oh, right, yeah, there’s a picture up in the top left. So, there we have it: Nokia have made a laptop.
Excited? Well, you damn well should be. Because if there’s one thing that Nokia have proven over the years, it’s that they make solid, reliable, and downright functional pieces of kit. All that sometimes means that in the superficial world of mobile phones they can be out-shouted by other manufacturers releasing slightly more glitzy/flashy handsets, but we think that in the computing world, reliable and solid is exactly what you want. People are a lot less willing to accept flaws in a £500 laptop than a £200 phone.
So, does the Nokia 3G Booklet live up to our excitement? Yes, hell yes, and then yes some more. It ticks so many boxes it’s untrue, in fact. Design: stunning. Basic features: all as good as the current crop of netbooks. Extras that make it special: 3G, A-GPS, WiFi sound good to you?
Check out this Nokia Booklet 3G review for a full rundown of what’s great, or just have a look at this boring but useful official page. Then go treat yourself to the video….
Even the limited nature of the blog sometimes challenges us. What’s that Samsung? You’re releasing a new phone that is identical in every way to your previous phone in this line, only there are 0.8 more megapixels on the camera and it also comes in Cobalt Jack Flash Blue Tints? Whoop-de-doooo, let us get straight on and write a blog post about that pronto. Or, what say you over there Mr S Ericsson, you’re releasing a brand new super exclusive new phone that is in just about every single way identical to Samsung’ and Motorola’s and HTC’s and etc. and so on’s brand new super exclusive phone in the same category? Then again, let us wheel out our magic blog dictionary and find some words to jumble together for.
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