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Sticker Shock: Nokia's Booklet & N900 Phone

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Nokia Corp. (NYSE: NOK) today unveiled details of its upcoming Booklet 3G netbook and N900 phone. Although the company expects both devices to be subsidized by many cellular operators, the retail price of the Booklet is ridiculous, while the price of the N900 is merely very expensive.

The Booklet will retail for €575 (US$822), and the N900 will retail for €500 ($715).

As I wrote in late August, the Booklet looks nice. But with the specs and cost revealed, it won't compete based on the unsubsidized price.

The Booklet has a slow hard disk drive, 4,200 rpm, compared to many netbooks with 5,400 rpm drives. The Booklet's drive is 120GB, and many netbooks come standard with 160GB.

The Booklet has 1GB of RAM, and I don't think it can be increased. Many netbooks come with 1GB, but you can upgrade to 2GB.

HP's very nice 5101 netbook comes with a 160GB, 7,200 rpm drive. The four-cell battery version retails for $399; the six-cell for $425.

The Booklet's 16-cell battery is supposed to last for up to 12 hours, but that and other extras aren't worth the premium price.

The N900 is more interesting to me. It's a cross between Nokia's N810 Internet Tablet and Nseries phones.

It features Maemo 5, a Linux-based operating system, which looks very slick. It could be Nokia's OS for high-end phones.

However, the three-row keyboard could cause problems. And the hardware features are fairly typical for advanced smartphones.

Still, it could be Nokia's flagship phone in place of the N97.

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