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wahyinghung 08-24-2009 03:44 PM

Nokia to enter PC industry with first netbook
 
HELSINKI - The world's top cellphone maker Nokia said on Monday it would start to make laptops, entering a fiercely competitive, but fast-growing market.

Nokia has seen its profit margins drop over the last quarters as handset demand has slumped, and analysts have worried that entering the PC industry, where margins are traditionally razor-thin, could hurt Nokia's profits further.

"We are fully aware what has the margin level been in the PC world. We have gone into this with our eyes wide open," Kai Oistamo, the head of Nokia's key phone unit, told Reuters.

Its first netbook, the Nokia Booklet 3G, will use Microsoft's Windows software and Intel's Atom processor -- offering up to 12 hours of battery life, and weighing 1.25 kilograms. Netbooks are low-cost laptops optimized for surfing the Internet and performing other basic applications. Pioneered by Asustek in 2007, other brands such as HP and Dell have also pushed out their own lines since then.

Research firm IDC expects netbook shipments this year to grow more than 127 percent from 2008 to over 26 million units, outperforming the overall PC market that is expected to remain flat and a phone market which is shrinking some 10 per cent.

"Nokia will be hoping that its brand and knowledge of cellular channels will play to its strengths as it addresses this crowded, cut-throat segment," said Ben Wood, director of research at CCS Insight.

"At present we see Nokia's foray into the netbook market as a niche exercise in the context of its broader business."

Nokia said it would unveil detailed specifications, market availability and pricing of the device on Sept 2.

A source close to Nokia said the new netbook would use the upcoming Windows 7 operating system. Microsoft says a stripped-down version of Windows 7 will be introduced to netbooks the same time as its general release on October 22.
http://www.canada.com/technology/Nok...347/story.htmlhttp://a123.g.akamai.net/f/123/12465...47/1631771.bin

StylinRed 08-24-2009 04:20 PM

netbooks suck

InvisibleSoul 08-24-2009 04:53 PM

Canadian Tire sells netbooks.

http://tinyurl.com/nkll8m

LoL

Psykopathik 08-24-2009 06:02 PM

Nokia, they know the way of the samurai....

Levitron 08-24-2009 07:06 PM

The Booklet 3G looks pretty good so far. If they can pull it off, good for them!

azzurro32 08-24-2009 09:33 PM

lol, apple took over their industry, and now they want a shot at apple's industry

monkeywrench 08-24-2009 11:51 PM

no.

Razor Ramon HG 08-25-2009 12:32 AM

http://forum.notebookreview.com/showthread.php?t=411681

97ITR 08-25-2009 07:33 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by azzurro32 (Post 6561995)
lol, apple took over their industry, and now they want a shot at apple's industry

Apple entered their industry but they are far from taking over Nokia. Nokia is the biggest handset manufacturer in the world. Apple also doesn't make netbooks. I'm amazed at the amount of mis-information you packed into one little reply.

pearlaudi 08-25-2009 09:25 AM

Wow...that VPC from Canadian tire looks like a vtech toy

q0192837465 08-25-2009 09:56 AM

My gf always wanted a netbook. What's the point of a netbook anyways? It's not THAT small to begin with. The functions suck. There's absolutely no use for it.

g35x 08-25-2009 10:30 AM

This netbook has a Simcard slot so for all 3G users, you can plug it in this netbook and have Internet on the go anywhere.. pretty sweet..

Price for this netbook will be pretty high though I think. Around $700usd msrp

Domani 08-25-2009 06:35 PM

rumors has it for 750, totally in the notebook market... too high imo....

!LittleDragon 08-25-2009 07:08 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by g35x (Post 6562623)
This netbook has a Simcard slot so for all 3G users, you can plug it in this netbook and have Internet on the go anywhere.. pretty sweet..

Price for this netbook will be pretty high though I think. Around $700usd msrp

That's nothing new tho, my near 3 year old Dell Latitude D620 had a sim card slot. I'd rather buy a used D620 for a few hundred bucks.

The built in GPS... now that's bringing something new to the table.

bengy 08-25-2009 08:19 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Domani (Post 6563262)
rumors has it for 750, totally in the notebook market... too high imo....

I wouldn't spend 700 for a shitty notebook. I would pay 750 for a tricked out small netbook, if I were in the market for one. Oh and Dell offers built in GPS on their Mini's.

El Bastardo 08-25-2009 09:01 PM

This should be in the Computer forum

Nightwalker 08-25-2009 09:04 PM

I wouldn't pay that high for any netbook.

GOD DAMN I love my 1000HE though!

Razor Ramon HG 08-25-2009 09:09 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by g35x (Post 6562623)
This netbook has a Simcard slot so for all 3G users, you can plug it in this netbook and have Internet on the go anywhere.. pretty sweet..

Nothing new. You can tether on most phones anyways.

El Bastardo 08-25-2009 09:18 PM

I've also seen a USB adapter that you can plug a SIM card into too. Pretty expensive tho but this was about a year and a half ago

Nightwalker 08-25-2009 09:22 PM

My 3G aircard is USB anyway

asian_XL 08-25-2009 09:27 PM

LG, Olevia, Samsung, they all make nettop that comes with 3g sim card slot at additional price, why Nokia?

Sony $800 nettop didn't sell very well, so they roll out the $450 version....still, I'd buy whatever that is the cheapest.


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