Comments on: At $799, Does Nokia’s Netbook Have a Chance?

By: jinn

jinn — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 03:54:05 +0000

are u pakistani?

By: Corrupted Mind

Corrupted Mind — Wed, 26 Aug 2009 20:45:53 +0000

The 3G radio adds at least $150 and the GPS module another $100. The highest spec Atom Chipset will definitely add some. When the specs started leaking I thought this was more Vaio P than Eeepc so the price comes as no surprise. I guess this is another luxury netbook that will however have the possibility of some kind of subsidising due to the radio – in the UK at least I expect the retail to be around £200 with a 2 yr contract at around £15 per month which makes it quite an appealing prospect – if you don’t want something with crappy build quality.

By: Imaxpower Imp500

Imaxpower Imp500 — Wed, 26 Aug 2009 13:23:17 +0000

I am really excited about this new Nokia Netbook,but yes I am sure this product will have a tough competition with already established players in this field like Apple, Samsung but lets see wht time has in store for this new invention of Nokia..

By: Dipika

Dipika — Wed, 26 Aug 2009 12:18:18 +0000

At 500-600$ this would be competing with Sony’s netbooks – which is also overpriced if you go by its components esp its 3 cell battery. But Sony looks really good and so does Nokia’s seemingly aluminium unibody. There’s no harm in positioning oneself on the premium side of netbooks – though 800$ would be a stretch.

All I hope is that given Nokia’s success in India and thus its knowledge of how the mobile market works here, it doesn’t pull an Apple and have network exclusivity. We barely have any mobile contracts and pre-paid was practically invented for us.

By: Nameless

Nameless — Wed, 26 Aug 2009 07:26:54 +0000

It’s definitely a sleek-looking little machine, but it’s way too expensive given that there’s no Tablet PC functionality anywhere to be seen.

800 US$ buys a Dell Latitude XT easily.

By: Luscious

Luscious — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 23:01:03 +0000

I think you hit the nail on the head Kevin – buying a 2nd battery for a $400 netbook makes more sense.

That is, unless, you seek the extra performance Pinetrail will offer. In that regard, $800 may not be so much. Remember the HP 2133 was priced around $800 too last year, but that price gave you 2GB ram, 7200rpm drive and a 1280×800 display.

By: Antony

Antony — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 20:59:27 +0000

Given that many PC manufacturing companies are also mobile manufacturing companies (e.g. Foxconn), and despite all the noise about Nokia market share they still ship over 400M devices a year, I don’t think that the manufacturing economics argument holds.

So the ridiculous price needs another answer (or really just needs to not be true).

By: Kashif

Kashif — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 18:38:59 +0000

They seem to have more battery backup time i.e 12 hours. Other than this, I think with most of the netbooks fall under $400 price, Nokia might have to reconsider their netbook price.

By: Harry

Harry — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 18:11:38 +0000

Meh.. Z530 is slower than N230 or N-series Atom processor.

Seems fairly basic stuff, with premium casing and features, like Apple does. If this thing would have Mac OS X and a shiny apple, people would be preordering now :)

Anyway, every post or piece of news I have read seems to be unable to answer this: what chipset is it using for HD graphics? I mean it has a HDMI out, can it play Full HD movies? Does it have ION? Or some propietary Nokia piece of hardware? I am fairly positive Z530 alone cannot handle that stuff. And Nokia Ovi Maps + other stuff could use a little 3D boost, not from silly GMA950.

By: Jake

Jake — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 17:58:23 +0000

Apparently the $799 is a bad conversion based on a rumoured Euro price of around €599. Once you remove tax the US price is probably going to be closer to $500-600. That might still be a bit high but these are just rumours at this stage.

By: david

david — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 17:05:48 +0000

MUST have all bands worldwide not JUST AT&T, or T-Mobile, or etc. and lots of RAM 4GB+ plus everything others have said… or no way for 799…I agree, I would go with the Toshiba…it would have to be 499 or less to be a buy without everything listed.

By: jimf

jimf — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 16:19:38 +0000

I think it looks great…but no way for 799…I agree, I would go with the Toshiba…it would have to be 499 or less to be a buy

By: Kevin C. Tofel

Kevin C. Tofel — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 16:19:06 +0000

Will, it very well could be subsidized to a point. That wouldn’t surprise me in the least. But other netbooks are already subsidized and start at a far lower pre-subsidy price point. Assuming a $799 price point, Nokia would have to get carriers to subsidize $600 or more of the hardware cost to compete under that model.

By: Will Robertson

Will Robertson — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 16:14:22 +0000

If it has 3G won’t isn’t it possible it will be quite subsidized by carriers if you buy it with a contract?

Some things that might make it worth it:
- basically be a cellphone too
- integration with Nokia phones

By: Brian McMullen

Brian McMullen — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 16:00:33 +0000

$800 puts it out of the netbook range as far as I’m concerned, doesn’t matter what it’s got under the hood…

I would def. like to see a SSD in place of the hdd…

I think to justify tate hefty price tag it would need to be bundled with the first year of 3G service…

:) just my $800.02

By: lazy child

lazy child — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 15:58:28 +0000

Mobile-review said 399€ (probably without VAT) which seem to me quite competitive…