Nokia N-Gage
 

http://www.n-gage.com/n-gage/home.html
http://www.flyertalk.com/travel/fttr...orum/smile.gif Very sexy! I want one

Scotty Like, Scotty want!

I've had one... Suffice to say it's a Nokia 3650 with new plastics and a rights management system for software... It's the SAME hardware as the 3650 http://www.flyertalk.com/travel/fttravel_forum/wink.gif

so it's a gameboy and phone together?

And a radio, mp3 player etc...

I shall wait till ScottC gets one first so I can play with it before I go wasting any more money. I have to buy the wife a car soon http://www.flyertalk.com/travel/fttr...orum/frown.gif

How did you get one?

I refuse to answer that http://www.flyertalk.com/travel/fttr...orum/smile.gif

You can get pre-order info for the US at http://preorder.n-gage.com


Some comments

1. Graphics "suck". Well it's great for a mobile phone and against gameboy. But NOWHERE close to where the PS portable device will be

2. OS is good... standard Symbian OS w/Nokia Series 60

3. MP3 quality is medicore. Not having a true MP3 decode solution does tax the app processor.

So you were the dude who bought that one on Tottenham Road a while back. http://www.flyertalk.com/travel/fttravel_forum/wink.gif

All phones suck, but yet I must buy them. Grrr...

No, mine is "legit"

The biggest negative of ngage is that the "cooler" games are on MMC cards. Not a big deal... actually a good thing. However the DUMB move by Nokia is to put the MMC reader BELOW the battery! (DOH!).

Translation into English: To play the cool games, Nokia wants you to turn off the phone, REMOVE the battery and swap out/insert the game MMC (those in Atari 2600 days, think cartridge), put the battery back in and power it on. Not at ALL elegant compared to a Gameboy or the forthcoming Sony PS handheld

I played with one at the Game Developers Conference in San Jose about 6 months ago. It's first generation and pretty much a proof of concept for now. The second generation is the one you'll really want.

If you will be in London next week, check out http://www.gdc-europe.com/conference/ and you can see the latest from Nokia and their competition.

OK, so who else is going to GDC Europe (sounds like a meetup is in order?)