One of the things shown off at Nokia World was the Booklet 3G, a Windows-based mini laptop with up to 12 hours of battery, 10.1in display, built-in SIM slot, A-GPS, front-facing camera, and more. I’ve asked a Nokia spokesperson at the event to give me an overview of the device in front of camera. Take a look.

As some of you may recall, when Nokia Chat launched around August of last year, an enterprising Howard Forums member wrote a small bot that would echo messages sent to it to other users who had sent the bot a message, forming an ersatz IRC channel. Unfortunately, this bot was pulled offline within a few months, and the thrill of a new Nokia service had worn off long before then with users drifting back to the more mainstream chat networks such as MSN and Y!IM.

Back in September, Nokia hosted a Evening with S60 at their NYC Flagship store. Many people from the S60 community turned off their computers and headed out to East 57th street. Good food, cool phones, and fun people. Afterward I thought, “We don’t need Nokia to tell us to hang out!” I put the call out on Howard Forums for a fan-run meet-up.

An interesting job opening on the Nokia Careers site reveals a plan by Nokia to open what are called, “Future Vision Showrooms.” The initial two showrooms are supposed to be located in Helsinki, Finland and Silicon Valley, USA. Sounds interesting and I hope Nokia invites me at the grand opening. Read on for details.