FYI: Nokia entering Netbook market

**laggyNgroovy** · 08-24-09, 09:36 AM

12 hours of battery life

also, read the last paragraph, I had not heard that particular story

From the Fidelity website....

https://news.fidelity.com/news/news....57N1ZM_1&IMG=Y

Nokia to enter PC industry with first netbook
REUTERS — 9:01 AM ET 08/24/09
By Tarmo Virki, European technology correspondent

HELSINKI (Reuters) - The world's top cell phone 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 Asutek 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 percent.

"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 (Additional reporting by Kelvin Soh in Taipei; Editing by Rupert Winchester)

**SapiensErus** · 08-24-09, 09:44 AM

Interesting.

I see netbooks everywhere now and my girl's Asus Eee HE1000 has proven it's salt. With google making a low-bloat netbook specific OS it makes me wonder about windows 7. My Girl's Eee bogs down sometimes (the Atom N280 is great..but pretty weak in the end compared to a desktop, and hers has been upgraded to 2Gb RAM) even with XP running on it... Is Windows 7 small enough for a netbook?

**laggyNgroovy** · 08-24-09, 09:45 AM

The "stripped down" version may be.

I wonder if that will be like Windows Mobile for my Smartphone

**WileECyte** · 08-24-09, 09:47 AM

Yeah... Microsoft developed a stripped down version of Windows 7 that was intended to run on netbooks. Supposedly runs on par with XP on most netbooks. Main reason they put the effort in is they want to get out of the business of having to support droves of new XP installations.

**Kanati** · 08-24-09, 11:07 AM

A co-worker here has been running win7 on his netbook (asus eee-pc) since the beta came out. Runs better than xp home did.

**IRON MAN 2142** · 08-24-09, 05:55 PM

Originally Posted by laggyNgroovy

The "stripped down" version may be.

I wonder if that will be like Windows Mobile for my Smartphone

I must say Windows Mobile sucks!
maybe its just me but it always seems like a laggy POS
id take the blackberry OS anyday

as for the netbook, since im starting college next year im thinking im gonna take my desktop with me and then buy a netbook to take to class and stuff, i might have to look into this one

**ninja|oaklandr** · 08-24-09, 07:21 PM

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**IRON MAN 2142** · 08-24-09, 07:37 PM

Originally Posted by ninja|oaklandr

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**yayupp** · 08-24-09, 08:44 PM

I just bought my gf an Acer Aspire1 or something like that. It's really good, I'm going to get me one.

I had a thought when I read Nokia is going to make these netbooks: put built in blue tooth and offer some kind of service plan so you could use a Bluetooth headset and make calls. Instead of buying a cell phone you have a netbook/phone.

**IRON MAN 2142** · 08-25-09, 05:14 PM

Originally Posted by yayupp

I just bought my gf an Acer Aspire1 or something like that. It's really good, I'm going to get me one.

I had a thought when I read Nokia is going to make these netbooks: put built in blue tooth and offer some kind of service plan so you could use a Bluetooth headset and make calls. Instead of buying a cell phone you have a netbook/phone.

dont think that would work, netbooks dont fit in pockets so well