Nokia Booklet 3G netbook

We’re still waiting to get our hands on the Nokia Booklet 3G, but review units are starting to circulate. Gizmodo has published a very short write-up of its experience with the netbook and it doesn’t have much to say, other than it’s very nicely made and has a very impressive battery life — six and a half hours of heavy use (constant 3G web browsing with the screen at 80% brightness).

The Nokia Booklet 3G is one of the first carrier-subsidised netbooks in the US and the verdict of both Gizmodo and CrunchGear is that it just isn’t worth the unsubsidised price of $600. It may have a 1280 x 720 screen, and built-in 3G and GPS, but the rest of the specification is as generic as they come — Intel Atom Z530 process, 1Gb RAM, 120Gb hard disk, and so on.

There’s no news on UK availability of the Nokia Booklet 3G yet, nor its price. With mobile operators already offering free netbooks with 3G data contracts over here, Nokia will need to be careful with the contract-free price if it’s going to tempt people away from a £300 netbook and a PAYG dongle deal.