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Nokia N-gauge….still not throwing in the towel :(

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Years ago, nokia dazzled us with the arrival of the N-gage. Well, it was that spectacular. The half phone, half portable gaming device couldn’t find a middle ground between the two functions and decided to take the form of a bulky phone that could play second-rate games. Needless to say, such a device tanked it big time with consumers.

However, a glimmer still shone for the fanboys as Nokia decided to relaunch the N-gage a few months back. The underhanded thing is that Nokia made many of its new smart-er phones compatible with N-gage software with little notification of the buyer. It must’ve been in some basement at Nokia because no body expected any more of come out of the N-gage project. Just this week, Nokia released the N-gage service enabling users with designated phones to buy and play slightly-better-than-average cell phone games.

I guess this step by Nokia doesn’t exactly hurt anyone since most compatible phone owners will choose to ignore it and continue to use the features they know, love and trust.


Posted in General on April 3rd, 2008

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