Cellphone manufacturer Nokia is rising into the Netbook market with its freshly declared Booklet 3G netbook, offering a premium-feeling system for a reduced price, as long as you agree to a two-year AT&T mobile data undertake.

The Booklet 3G is easily among the most upscale-looking Netbooks we have seen. It experiences solid and well-built in your hands, without being too heavy. Also a good sign: the AT&T mobile broadband service connects automatically, and the process was wonderfully transparent, particularly compared with the software setup and manual log-ins required by other mobile broadband laptops. On the down side, the slower Intel Atom Z530 CPU shaves just enough performance off of the already pokey Netbook experience to be frustrating.

With a two-year AT&T contract, the Booklet 3G costs $299, and its excellent design and build quality puts it miles ahead of other $299 Netbooks. However keep in mind that you’re then tied to a monthly fee–usually around $60–for data. The Booklet is also available sans contract for $599, however that’s both largely pointless and way overpriced.

The Booklet 3G is easily one of the most upscale-looking Netbooks we’ve seen. It experiences solid and well-built in your hands, without being too heavy. The screen hinge in particular experiences pleasingly tight, while the slightly too thick keyboard tray has zero flex even when pressing down firmly on the keyboard. While color options (for the back of the lid) include black, white, and blue, our black test unit’s lid seemed particularly smudge-prone.

Different than the gently tapered sides of many other Netbooks, designed to create the illusion of slimness, the Booklet has sharp, angled edges. True to the name, there is a booklike squareness to it. The inside is devoid of quick launch or shortcut keys, and even the power button is relegated to the right side edge, next to a tiny hatch covering SD and SIM card slots.

Unfortunately, the keyboard itself is cramped, with tiny keys that are hard to hit accurately. Conceiving the strides other Netbooks have made with creating very usable keyboards, it was a letdown. The touch pad is large and easy to use, even though we’d to crank up the pointer speed in the Windows 7 options.

The 10.1-inch display has the higher 1,366×768-pixel resolution found on many high-end Netbooks, and a single sheet of glass covers the screen and much of the screen bezel, however there’s still a separate outer lip, so it is not what we call edge-to-edge.

Besides the AT&T mobile broadband (which makes use of a built-in SIM card slot), the option to manually join local Wi-Fi networks is also available. Our review unit lacked the last versions of the Nokia and Ovi networking and connectivity software, however we did fine with Windows 7′s built-in versions.

Despite an excellent design and well-integrated mobile broadband, the Booklet 3G hits a rough patch as an actual Netbook. Using the slower Z530 version of Intel’s Atom CPU (instead of the more common N270 or N280 versions) means that performance was generally sluggish, particularly with only 1GB of RAM and a slower 4,200rpm hard drive.

Opening windows and navigating around the Windows 7 environment led to some stuttering and slowdown. Even something as simple as running multiple Web browser windows and a Microsoft Office doc at the same time slowed the system much in our anecdotal hands-on testing. In our benchmark tests, scores were behind Netbooks with the faster N270 and N280 Atom processors in most of our tests. It is a shame because a zippier Booklet 3G would be hard to beat as one of our favorite Netbooks.

The Nokia Booklet 3G ran for 7 hours and 14 minutes on our video playback battery life drain test, using the included 16-cell battery life (however the real Wh rating is closer to a typical 6-cell battery life). That’s among the best scores we’ve seen, even from systems with gigantic extended batteries, so it is particularly impressive that the Booklet managed to do it without a battery life that looks like a big kickstand or carrying handle.

Nokia’s first effort to dive into netbook market was Nokia Booklet 3G Netbook was pretty nice. The build quality of the Booklet 3G is first-rate, and just about the only negative comments reviewers have is over the high price. Nokia has built an expensive netbook, and the market is not one known for accepting high-priced devices. Best Buy is looking to address that concern and is offering the Nokia Booklet 3G for $199 with a 2-year Data Connect plan on AT&T in the U.S.

This reduced price makes the Booklet 3G fairly competitive in the world of netbooks, and is pretty decent for one with integrated 3G. The special deal is available in any Best Buy store and through the Best Buy Mobile site. It runs from Dec. 13 through the holidays.

Update: You can also read the Nokia Booklet 3G’s Review.

Surely one of the most discussed things is the Nokia Booklet 3G Netbook in recent days. In the interview which you see under John Hwang from the Booklet Nokia Team is answering to comments and questions about yhe selling price and the thing that you cannot upgrade the RAM. In addition, he will make voice call via intagrated 3G modem.

I think Nokia seems to have focused to the netbooks and as we can understand from John Hwang, Nokia Booklet Team, they will make it better. I guess they have already had the better one in their home.

Netbook market is getting heat, therefore the netbook brands are being more passionate to do the best. Plus, netbook market is growing gradually and there is big oppurtunities to make their revenues more. Recently, Nokia ,which is the most popular mobile phone company, entered to the netbook market. On the other hand, Japanese electronic manufacturer released its last model: Vaio X Series. Why is  these two big companies trying to get a place on the market? Of course, the answer is very simple. Money.

And now, what i am going to do is trying to compare these two Netbooks for you. Let’s start.

Sony Vaio X

This is the video from YouTube and as you can see, in this video Sony Company is bringing design to fore point. The netbook is a example of elegance. It is very thin, just 14 mm, it weighs just 700 g which makes you feel like it weightless. Plus, i think Vaio X’s keyboard look likes a apple macbook’s.

Quick Specifications

• 11.1-inch screen
• SD/Memory Stick slot
• WWAN SIM slot
• VGA Video output
• A pair of USB jacks
• Wifi
• 700 g weight
• 2GB of memory
• 31Wh removable battery

Nokia Booklet 3G

On the other hand, Nokia’ s mini notebook looks very solid for me. It is very durable and Nokia tried to transfer his mobility experience to the netbook market. Also the most prominent part of Nokia Booklet 3G is battery life because it last up to 12 hours and which is preety cool. Also you can get more info about Booklet 3G from here.

Quick Specifications

• 3G Broadband
• A-Gps
• 12 hrs battery life
• Wifi
• 185 mm
• 1.25 kg
• 26,4*18,5*19,9 dimensions
• 10.1 inch-screen
• SIM / USIM slot
• 3 USB Jack

Bottom line, if i am going to buy or i have to choose one of them, i chose Nokia Booklet 3G. As you can realize it looks better than Sony Vaio X especially on technical point of view. So i chose Nokia, what is your choice? If you want to share your ideas or choices, feel free and leave me a comment. I hope i can help your minds more clear on these two mini notebooks.

The pioneer mobile telephone provider Nokia was recently introduced their mini notebook, which has a 16 cell battery, i think the this is the most important part of it, after its price. Because last week, Nokia announced that this netbook will sell for 575 euros or about $821 without taxes or subsidies. There is no certain time for the sale date, but we know that Booklet 3G will run Windows 7, therefore, it will be available on markets after Microsoft releases the Windows Seven at October 22.

So what makes Booklet 3G high priced?

I think, the most important thing can be the battery which is pretty extreme for a standard battery life. According to Nokia it last up to 12 hours. Also, Nokia Booklet 3G has a chassis made from a single piece of machined aluminum, which is the same design adopted by Apple with its MacBook Pro line.

Quick Review of Booklet 3G

Nokia Boolet 3G has a 10-inch display has a resolution of 1280 x 720 pixels, 1.6-GHz Intel Atom Z530 processor, 1 GB system memory and 120 GB hard disk drive. Also netbook features built-in WiFi support for Wi-Fi and cellular networks. The betbook has a hot swappable SIM card slot, which means it could support carriers such as AT&T in the future.

Booklet 3G is three-quarters of an inch thick, it weighs 1250 g, and it will come in three colors: black, white, and blue. Also it has a aliminum chassis which i mentioned before.

Nokia Booklet 3G Full Specifications

• Ovi Suite 2.0
• Nokia Music for PC
• Ovi Maps
• Social Hub – keeps track of your social software feeds in one spot and serves as a SMS sender
• Nokia software updater
• Weight (max) 1250 g
• Dimensions (max) 264 x 185 x 19.9 mm
• Intel Atom Z530, 1.6 GHz
• Intel Poulsbo US15W, fanless design
• RAM: 1 GB, DDR2, 533 Mhz, soldered down
• HDD: 120 GB, 1.8”/5mmH/SATA, 8 MB cache, 4200 RPM
• 10.1”, 1280×720 pixels, glass window
• 16 cell, 56.8 Wh, Li-Ion prismatic, removable design
• 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
• 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
• 1.3 MP front facing camera with integrated microphone
• Frame keyboard
• 2 physical layouts: US (78 keys, 17 mm pitch, 1.8 mm stroke) and UK (79 keys, 16.7 mm pitch, 1.8 mm stroke)
• Accelerometer
• Nokia Booklet 3G
• BC-1S battery
• AC/DC power adapter
• Quick setup guide and warranty instructions
• Headset WH-205
• USB charging multi-cable CA-126
• Operating System: Windows 7 Starter Edition, Home Premium or Professional
• MS Office Small Business 60 day trial
• MS Internet Explorer 8
• HDD protection utility, Hotkey utility , Knock Control utility, Power Profile Switcher, Battery Life utility
• Nokia Update Manager
• Ovi Suite
• Ovi Maps Gadget
• Social Hub
• F-Secure Internet Security 2010 trial