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Not that we thought it was a fabrication this morning, but Reuters has managed to snap a few pictures of the Nokia Booklet 3G “mini laptop” to assure us that there is indeed at least one physical unit in existence, located at the company’s Helsinki headquarters. As seen in another photo, the model sports the blue lid, and just so you’re absolutely clear how a 10.1-inch netbook sizes up to an actual phone, we’ve got a side-by-side with an E71. Looks like we’ll have to wait until Nokia World to figure out what Intel Atom processor they’ve got inside that makes sense to pair with a HDMI output, however.

Update: Nokia might be mum on the issue, but Intel tells Pocket-lint that it’s got the 1.6GHz Intel Atom Z530 chipset, which isn’t exactly known for its HD video prowess but can technically do up to 720p. No word on any other technology that make the HDMI port more logical, but if there is was, it’s probably not coming from NVIDIA or Broadcom — both companies have denied involvement with the Booklet.

[Via Liliputing and Slashgear]

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Nokia Booklet 3G is really real, as seen on camera originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 24 Aug 2009 18:55:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Nokia doesn’t make phones. It makes portable devices. And it appears the Finnish company also doesn’t make netbooks. Instead it makes “mini-laptops”.

Announced today is a brand-new, 3G equipped min-laptop, the Booklet 3G. The 10.1-inch screen and Atom processor put it clearly in the netbook market, but it comes with some extras you won’t find elsewhere; the kind of extras you’d expect from a cellphone manufacturer.

First, the thin (2cm) aluminum case holds an HDMI-out port, along with the usual webcam, Bluetooth and SD card reader. It also has a 3G radio in the form of HSPA and a hot-swappable SIM card slot, and faux-GPS (Wi-Fi triangulation) hooked up to Ovi Maps.

The price? That will be announced on September 2nd, but expect to see this heavily subsidized on a cellphone plan, at least in Europe where people actually buy Nokia phones, sorry, devices.

Nokia Booklet 3G mini laptop unveiled [Nokia]

We know the specs, the release window, even the price — it feels like we’re already intimately acquainted with Samsung’s ION-powered N510 netbook, but honestly, we’ve never really seen it outside of a touched-up press photo. Netbooknews.de has gone ahead and fixed all that, giving us a good idea what we’ll be taking home to mom and dad, from retail packaging all the way to the exposed underbelly. There’s even a number of side-by-side shots with its older brother NC10, which looks downright tiny sitting next to its more powerful, but also pretty small kin. Want a good glimpse of what’s likely to be the first ION netbook to US market? All relevant materials lie beyond the read links below.

Update: Turns out the ION-equipped N510 has been pushed back until after the Windows 7 launch, at least for the US. Unboxing is from Germany, where the netbook’s now on sale.

[Thanks, buttons]

Read – Samsung N510 unboxing (translated)

Read – Flickr gallery

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Samsung N510 unboxed, looking rather large sitting next to the NC10 originally appeared on Engadget on Sun, 23 Aug 2009 13:40:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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We were all excited for Lenovo’s NVIDIA ION-powered IdeaPad S12, which was gonna be the first netbook to market with the HD-capable chipset — but alas, it was not yet meant to be. Gizmodo reports the company has decided to delay the portable until the end of October, just after Windows 7’s launch on the 22nd. By then it’ll have to face competition from Samsung, whose $599 N510 will launch first in September, and possibly a rumored HP device coming in the next few weeks. We can take solace in the fact that the ION upgrade will only add $50 to the current $499 tag, but having to wait

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Lenovo’s IdeaPad S12 with NVIDIA ION on hold pending Windows 7 debut originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 20 Aug 2009 22:41:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Always Innovating sure made good on the promise of removable tablet embedded in a netbook form factor and price — we’ve gone from hardly believable renders in March to a now-shipping $400 ($300 without the base) product as of now. The impressions are already trickling in, but our favorite observation so far is this fridge magnet implementation. The main complaint so far is that the machine altogether is rather heavy for a netbook. It makes sense given that all the computer internals are in the MID-style touchscreen, while the keyboard base adds on 7 hours of purported battery life. So far it doesn’t sound like this is the sexy-slim way to get into the netbook game if you’re not in it for the removable MID capabilities, but for the MID affectionate the Touch Book could provide a nice alternative to the same old same old.

[Via Engadget Spanish]

Read – Touch Book first impressions
Read – Touch Book unboxing

Always Innovating Touch Book unboxed, previewed and stuck to a fridge for good measure originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 20 Aug 2009 12:55:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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