We were promised more details on the Libretto Nokia’s 3G and Nokia today has regularly delivered, releasing the full spec list and pricing of the units at its Nokia World event in Stuttgart.
So what is there to know? Well, while we knew that the brochure used a 3G Atom processor, we can now confirm that one: the Z530 1.6GHz. This means that the 3G uses Booklet US15W Intel Poulsbo chipset, which uses a PowerVR graphics processor developed by – the head of the graphics unit in 3GS iPhone and Palm Pre among many others.
This does not offer HD video decoding and since the Libretto 3G will run Windows 7, there is much more likely that treatment will actually be available – based on Windows XP netbooks its capabilities are largely inaccessible due to lack of support DirectX 10 and DXVA 2.0.
This should work fine with the HD display previously teased ’resolution’, which turns out to be 1280 x 720 in contrast with 1366 x 768 more typically used. Nothing is better than 1024 x 600, so we can not complain – some might even prefer a less dense pitch of pixels on a small display like this 10.1in.
Nokia has raised eyebrows with his 12 credit hours of battery life for the Libretto 3G and even though we are closer to find out whether they are true, we now know that the brochure will use 3G capacity 5680 mAh, ’prismatic’ Lithium-ion battery. That little ’prismatic’ is important because some ’such as batteries, lithium-polymer MacBook Apple’s non-cylindrical’ prismatic ’batteries are more space efficient and allow your svelte 19.9 millimeters thick.
Storage and memory may be a problem for some people. While the 120GB hard drive is ample room for most needs, it will spin at a lowly 4200 rpm. Good for keeping the heat to a minimum – a necessity because the system is fatless – not so great for the system response. Similarly, while the 1GB of DDR2 memory is nothing new, is soldered on the motherboard, which suggests that it will not be updatable.
Other interesting tidbits are the presence of an accelerometer, while the color choices at launch are black, white and blue. As already known, a 3G modem, Draft-N Wi-Fi, A-GPS and Bluetooth are all included (as are HDMI, three USB ports and an SD card reader), which makes one seriously well connected netbooks.
If all this sounds too good to be true, however, devote a thought for the price. Although it will doubtless be heavily subsidized procurement, the ’SIM free’ price will be a huge 570 million, just under 500 pounds.
So what do you think? Prefer a smart phone of this, or are you willing to commit to what is undoubtedly an attractive package mobile computing? Let us know in the comments.