On October 22 of this year, Microsoft will be releasing Windows 7 to the world. It’s normal retail price for the Home Premium version is $199. However, if you’re a qualifying student, then it’s a much cheaper 30 bucks! Where there are students, there is a need for cheaper items (speaking from experience).

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Nokia of phone fame is coming out with a cool netbook with an equally cool name: the Booklet 3G. Just released are the release details, and price for the new device.

Nokia’s Executive VP of Markets, Anssi Vanjoki, announced at Nokia World that the device will sell for EUR575 in Europe (817USD). After subsidies from mobile provider services, Nokia expects that the quoted price will drop significantly, though some aren’t so sure that providers will be willing to invest very heavily in the new device. Windows 7 will be the operating system for the Booklet 3G.

Although we think we’ve seen it all for netbooks, the Nokia Booklet 3G does have some features that deserve some respect, especially coming from a company that is accustomed to working on significantly smaller mobile devices. Looking strangely like a Macbook with black trim, the Booklet boasts an aluminum body packed with powerful innards. As measurements go, it is appropriately netbook-size, and lives up to its name, “Booklet.” It is less than two centimeters thick. The screen is a modest 10 inches (with 1280×720 resolution).

Nothing is too stand-outish about the computer’s speed. The Intel Atom X530 is a nice processor, but won’t be wining any races real soon, clocking in at 1.6GHz. 1GB of memory and a 120GB hard drive are relatively ho-hum for a just-released netbook.
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