Just got my hands on the Nokia 3g Booklet and it’s a nice device compared to the new Apple iPad. Why do i say that? It’s because I’m still trying to find a use for the new apple device. Many of my co-workers are thinking of buying the iPad and so am i but I still have questions.

Leo Laporte this week on TWIT states that the iPad is not for creating content but for consuming content. Basically this is for playing games and reading books? What if a student wants to buy this to help him study or take notes during class? Can he do more than one thing at a time to perhaps cross reference what he his typing or hearing from the teacher? Can he connect the iPad to his HDMI TV in his dorm to watch purchased from iTunes movies? With the Nokia 3g booklet they can and still work with it comfortably?

What do I mean? Did you see Steve Jobs try to look relaxed will using his device? How would a student use it? Is it easy to type on while laying flat on the desk? As other bloggers mentioned, their are a lot of unanswered questions.

Regarding the Booklet, it has HDMI output, 1.6ghz and 1g of ram. That’s about standard but it is pretty good with or without the mobile data service. Funny enough this relates to the same argument some had about touch screen phones with or without a physical keyboard. Most students would opt for a real keyboard compared to a touch software but we won’t know that until enough buy the iPad.

So what do you think? Will the iPad surpass Netbooks and smartbooks? Will the Nokia 3g Booklet find a profitable niche? Stay tuned folks, I’m sure 2010 has more in store.