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Brief: Nokia can’t make the Booklet 3G fast enough, demand is huge; new model planned for 2010

Categories: Nokia
By: , IntoMobile
Monday, October 26th, 2009 at 3:31 AM

According to a report from Economic Daily News in China, Compal, the company that manufactures the Booklet 3G for Nokia by making people work in hellish conditions while earning terrible wages just so you can enjoy your third laptop purchase in 18 months, can’t keep up with the pace of demand for the device. They’re working overtime. The report also mentions that Nokia plans on releasing a new model in 2010, which is very vague since that can mean Q1 or Q4.

What would you like to see in a new Nokia Booklet 3G? On my list: more RAM, matte display, a powered USB port that can charge my mobile phone even when the machine is off and a user upgradeable 2.5 inch hard drive.

[Via: Digitimes]

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Stefan Constantinescu

Stefan Constantinescu (@WhatTheBit on Twitter) has loved technology since as far back as he can remember. It started with computers, but in the past few years his passion has turned to mobile devices. As a mobile phone enthusiast who lives and breathes devices that connect to the internet, he knows he is not alone with this radical fascination of all things wireless. He is strongly opinionated and enjoys a good debate so leave comments in his posts and he’ll get back to you! Stefan began blogging as a hobby in the fall of 2006 and joined IntoMobile in the summer of 2007. Later he got a job at Nokia in March 2008, but as of June 2009 he has rejoined the IntoMobile team. He is currently based out of Helsinki, Finland.

  • Andre

    “by making people work in hellish conditions while earning terrible wages just so you can enjoy your third laptop purchase in 18 months”

    and you got all this insight from reading the digitimes article?

  • Stefan Constantinescu

    no, it’s called injecting myself into the narrative, providing perspective, usually in the form of humour, and differentiation from all the other blogs on the planet that rewrite press releases and other people’s work.

  • Matti

    It’s also very likely pretty accurate description of the working conditions in Comptel’s chinese factories.

  • Ricky Cadden

    I want a backlit keyboard. I can’t believe more laptops/netbooks don’t have this.

  • jayq330

    i want everything Stefan Constantinescu wants plus backlit keys,multitouch pad,and throw in a free N900…can i dream?

  • Andre

    ;) thanks for clarifying

  • pt823

    More memory, faster Atom processor (or even Ion), ethernet port, TRIM support (need it), USB charing (may be), 2.5″ drive support if possible. That should make it one sweet booklet, forget about ipad.