The 22nd has come and gone and the Nokia Booklet 3G still isn’t available to purchase from Best Buy despite the demo model arriving. The netbook is however available to pre-order now from Best Buy. The price remains at the previously reported price of $599.99. Only the black model is available to pre-order at the moment but, the blue and white models will also be available soon.

The Nokia Booklet will also be available with an AT&T data plan. Once this becomes available the netbook price will drop to $299.

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While it isn’t available to purchase yet from Best Buy, over at Engadget they’ve got photos of the netbook being unboxed and shown with Windows 7. The netbook comes with the starter edition of Windows 7, which as Engadget note, only includes one wallpaper, the one shown but, I’m sure many will use their own photos anyway, or find other Windows 7 wallpapers from other sources. This is the first demo unit to arrive at Best Buy. You can view the photos of the unboxing after the jump.

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Yesterday we reported that Best Buy will be the exclusive retailer to the Nokia Booklet 3G in the US. However no price was known for the netbook, or when it will be available but, rumours are pointing towards the 22nd of October. However a tipster sent in an inventory shot to Phone Arena which shows the price and release date. The inventory shot shows the netbook as being available from 25th of September but it will come with Windows 7 when released, pushing it back to probably the 22nd of October. The price is also listed as $599.99, making it $200 cheaper than it is in Europe, which was to be expected.

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While the Nokia Booklet may have already been released in Europe, it hasn’t set foot on American soil just yet and with the latest news it may not be seen in many homes across America. Nokia has previously had trouble getting their handsets subsidized in the US, so getting the netbook booklet subsidized seemed a little hopeful. It appears this may be the case as Best Buy will be the exclusive sellers of the Nokia Booklet 3G. Alternatively, Nokia will also be selling the Booklet online if you’d prefer not to deal with Best Buy, or want to deal with the company directly. No price has been confirmed or release date but, rumor is that it’ll arrive around the 22nd of October.

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