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The N: N-Gage
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[One] key feature of the N-Gage is the ability to save digital music files to a separate memory card (sold in either 64MB or 128MB storage options) to use as ring tones or for listening. The deck comes bundled with a charger, stereo headset, USB cable, recording cable, adapter cable, user's guide, and a CD-ROM. The latter allows players to manage digital files transferred from the handheld to the PC (and vice versa) via USB. Multiplayer gaming among friends is ... supported via Bluetooth technology for wireless play without having to go online. Rounding out the list of features is an integrated calendar, to-do list, pin board, and address book to help players keep track of those "other" events outside of gaming.
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When considered from a video game point of view, the N-Gage was known for its unusual screen orientation, a vertical one as opposed to a horizontal one (which is more popular with other handhelds). The reason for this was that the underlying operating system, Series 60, did not support horizontal orientations at that time (only supported since S60v3 ). Some felt this to be a negative feature, feeling that 'unconventional' does not necessarily mean improvement. Possibly due to this screen feature, as well as the public's luke-warm reception to the device, the game library was far from extensive. Despite this, the N-Gage did manage to garner some well known franchises such as Tomb Raider, Sonic, Rayman, Red Faction, and Tony Hawk's Pro Skater, The Elder Scrolls, among others.
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The first community forum dedicated to Nokia's mobile game deck, the N-Gage. NOTE: This list has now a new online home at ngage.SymbianOne.com hosted by SymbianOne.com - CLICK HERE to go to the N-Gage forum. Simply post your messages or, if you login as a site user you can be notified by email when people reply to your posts.
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BRIGHTON, England, July 24 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Nokia (NYSE: NOK), the world leader in mobile communications, announced today that California based mobile games developer Digital Chocolate has signed up to publish a variety of titles for the N-Gage platform launching this fall. Digital Chocolate is a leading developer known for its original, high-quality mobile games w.....
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March 01, 2007 Espoo, Finland - Nokia, the world leader in mobile communications, and Glu Mobile, a leading global publisher of mobile games, announced today that Glu will be publishing a selection of mobile games and content on the N-Gage platform. Glu"s portfolio of top-rated games includes original titles like Super K.O. Boxing!, Stranded and
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There is some disagreement in sources about the actual number of N-Gage decks sold. Nokia initially claimed 400,000 sales in the first two weeks the deck was available. However, independent market research firms Chart-Track and Arcadia Research claimed that the N-Gage had sold only 5,000 decks in the United States in that time, and 800 decks in the UK. Critics suggested Nokia was counting the number of decks shipped to retailers, not the number actually purchased by consumers.[12] Nokia later admitted this was the truth.[8]
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