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Nokia Booklet 3G official specs Revealed

The giant mobile phone maker aka Nokia has officially introduced its own version of netbook named Nokia Booklet 3G. It’s very interesting to see how Nokia can compete in this already crowded and tough market segment. Popularity of netbook has increased recently thanks to its lower price and great portability. With many years of experiences in mobile phone segment, Nokia also includes some of its unique features into Booklet. Well.. we can say this is actually looks like more a hybrid of netbook and smart phone. Here are the official specs of Nokia Booklet 3G:

Hardware:

• Intel Atom Z530 processor @ 1.6GHz


• 120 GB hard disk


• 10.1 inch glass HD ready display


• 3G / HSDPA, 802.11 b/g/n WiFi, integrated Bluetooth, A-GPS


• 12 hour battery life


• Built-in webcam for video calls


• HDMI port (for HD video out), built-in SD card reader, 3 USB ports, single audio in/out port


• Stereo speakers on front right and left corners


• 19.9 mm thick x 264 mm width x 185 mm depth

Software:

• Nokia Ovi Suite is bundled for tight integration with Nokia’s online services


• Built-in “Ovi Maps gadget”


• Windows 7 will come pre-installed

No words for memory (RAM) yet, but I think it’ll be in 1-2GB range.

The Booklet body is made full of aluminum, we can say it’s so Nokia-ish.. looks like the popular Nokia N-series. The specs are not fantastic, but the battery life claims for 12 hours life sounds promising. For you that plan to purchase a new netbook / laptop, this might be an interesting choice but from the rumor heard, Nokia will charge its first netbook at pricey USD 799. That’s quite a high price for a netbook. But for Nokia huge fans, the popularity of ‘Nokia’ brand might be worthy of.

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Google Launches chrome Theme Gallery

Google on Tuesday launched a gallery of 29 themes for Google Chrome (requires Google Chrome 3.0 beta for Windows). But Mozilla, while refraining from sniggering, boasted it's now up to 20,000.

Cosmetic changes are, well, cosmetic, but a lot of people like them as a way to add some flair to their machines. Many had been pestering Google to add themes support even though Chrome employs a Spartan user interface without much acreage for artistry. Last week's developer version of Chrome added a "Get themes" button in the Options dialog box, and now Google has flipped the switch to activate the Web page that button points to.

The collection of themes includes Legal Pad, Star Gazing, Transparent (it's not, on my Windows XP machine), Dots, and Pencil Sketch. One monochromatic theme called Minimal downloads nearly instantly, but Grass, at 1.3MB, takes more time.

Why so large? Themes can come with a background image that shows on Chrome's new-tab page that offers a much greater chance for expressiveness, especially since that page is the default when Chrome launches. That could help Google with its attempt to recruit artists to supply their own themes, as some have done with the iGoogle customizable home page.

Mozilla has its own skinning technology in the works, a plug-in called Personas that launched on Mozilla Labs in March. That head start, coupled with its vastly larger and more engaged external audience, gives it a big lead over Chrome when it comes to getting gussied up.

Mozilla Labs announced Monday that Firefox now has 20,000 Personas, with 10,000 of them arriving in the last 10 weeks.

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Firefox 4.0 looks like Google chrome

Mozilla has released mockups that show how Firefox 4.0 conceivably might look, and two words spring to my mind: Google Chrome.

Last week, Mozilla showed some mockups for the nearer-term Firefox 3.7 that eliminated the browser's title bar, replacing it with two drop-down menu buttons on the right, just like Chrome has had since its September 2008 debut. The Firefox 4.0 mockups show two options, one similar to the 3.7 ideas, and the other taking another step in the Chrome direction.

Specifically, the second Firefox 4.0 mockup shows the browser tabs on top where once there was a window title bar. That's the same approach that Google picked with Chrome, a view of which you can see below.

Mozilla is looking for comment on the designs, which, the browser developer takes pains to note, are "for brainstorming/exploration" and aren't final.

Of the "more contentious Tabs-on-Top concept," Mozilla says advantages include that it saves vertical space and removes visual complexity. On the flip side, it's different, and moving user interface elements confuses people. Also on the negative side, the missing title bar means people see only a truncated Web page title in the tab.

For Firefox, putting tabs on top meshes conceptually with Electrolysis, aka Content Processes, an under-the-covers change that will make each tab a separate computing process. That carries potential performance, stability, and security advantages, but requires more memory.

The Firefox 4.0 mockups also show a combination button to the right of the address bar that changes behavior depending on what the browser is up to. The button can be used to start loading a page whose address has been typed, to stop loading if it's in the process of doing so, and to reload it if it's finished loading.

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