Unboxing the Nokia Booklet 3G

A luxurious powder blue package with a Nokia logo arrived at our office on Friday. Even better than the box itself are its contents, a shiny new Nokia Booklet 3G, one of the most anticipated netbooks of the year!

The tech world has long-awaited the release of Nokia’s first entry into the netbook space, because it is Nokia’s first forray into the notebook space and because the system has a MacBook-like design and a claimed 12 hours of battery life.

The subsidized 3G netbook will be available at Best Buy for $299 with a two year AT&T contract, and $599 without. It comes with 10.1-inch 1280×720  screen, built-in 3G card, Windows 7 Starter, GPS, and a 120GB hard drive.

However,  speed could be a huge issue. The hard drive is of the slower 4,200 rpm variety and the processor is an Atom Z530 1.6 GHz. In our experience that combination of components usually leads to a poor performing system.

We’re putting the Booklet through its paces right now and will have a review up within the next couple of days. In the mean time, we snapped some pics of the notebook and its packaging in all their glory.