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Now (2011) this handset is some vintage (available in 2003), but, is the first phone in the world, with game device form factor. The quality of materials, and form, is very comfortable. Have famous games titles (Sonic, Tomb Raider, Call of Duty...) but now, the velocity and visual effects are a bit slow and poor compared to devices more powerfull with best screen of this year. But, the signal reception, and comfort keys, are very nice. This device is now a icon and legend.
Targeted at mobile gamers, the Nokia N-Gage ($299 list) offers online, mobile, multiplayer game play using Bluetooth and GPRS. The unit provides a backlit screen that has a 208- by 176-pixel resolution, measures 1.6 by 1.4 inches (HW), and contains 4,096 colors. The unit also has an eight-way directional controller, or rocker. The N-Gage may very well define the mobile gaming market: a device that can serve as a mobile game platform, a tri-band GSM phone, an MP3 player, an FM tuner, an e-mail client, and a personal information manager. Unfortunately, several design flaws severely limit the device's usefulness, and we fear that the N-Gage will go down in history as a poorly implemented great idea. Our opinion of this groundbreaking foray into the realm of multiplayer mobile gaming is tempered by several important design flaws. Although the industry has widely embraced SD, for instance, Nokia chose to rely on MMC for storage of MP3s, images, and games. Also, you need to disassemble the unit to change MMC modules. This process includes turning the unit off, removing the headset, sliding off the back panel, removing the battery, replacing the MMC module, and then putting everything back together. That's too many steps for switching games. The device should have an externally accessible slot for MMC modules. Game publishers may help compensate for Nokia's poor hardware design by releasing some must-have titles. Some games should do a good job of building a community by relying on GPRS to download additional content and to display ghosts of global high scores. Multiplayer gaming via Bluetooth is a lot of fun, and we got a kick out of playing baseball against someone across the room. Yet the screen is in portrait orientation, and many games are meant to be played in landscape, which means that the viewing area is often much smaller than the actual screen. As a digital music player and recorder, the N-Gage lacks many essential features. Not only was the volume insufficient to be heard over background noise on a New York City subway, but the unit also lacks many essential features such as fast forward/rewind, replay, playlists, and a graphic equalizer. You store music files on removable MMC media and transfer them from your PC via USB or Bluetooth. You cannot listen to music while playing a game, however, because there is only one MMC slot. The device includes full e-mail support (IMAP4, POP3, SMTP, and MIME2) and can synchronize your calendar, contacts, and tasks with many PC-based PIMs, such as Lotus Organizer and Microsoft Outlook. The most useful aspect of synchronization is that it can quickly and thoroughly populate your contact list. Synchronization, however, is via Bluetooth only, so the process is slow and works only for the 1 percent of PC users who have Bluetooth. In addition, once installed, the multicast router software occupies 8MB of system resources and cannot be disabled. The device uses an XHTML browser to access the Web and supports J2ME. Between the Bluetooth connectivity requirement for PC synchronization and the hassle of using multitap input, the N-Gage will not meet the needs of the mobile professional. We did find it useful as a digital photo viewer, however, reading images from MMC and displaying them on the built-in screen. The N-Gage uses a lithium ion battery, and battery life is acceptable. On our informal rundown tests, we got approximately 6 hours of game time or 10 hours of music time. We made 6 phone callsRead full review
The Nokia N Gage is a facinating piece of technology, where it combines a game deck with a mobile phone. The games run very smoothly and the graphics are really impressibe for the size of the screen. It works as a phone pretty well too, as it can make calls and texts no problem. It's only real drawbacks is that you have to remove the battery if you wish to change game or media card, which can disable the time and date making it a bit of an effort to input once again. The N gage has an MP3 and MPEG player on it but it doesn't come with a camera, which maybe a problem for some and not a problem for others. Depending on how old the battery is the N Gage may swallow up a lot of its power especially during gameplay. It's standby time is a good 200 hours where if you are playing games it's 4 hours and if you play via bluetooth it's 2 hours. That can be a drawback if you're out and about. Also, speaking into the phone can be embarassing for some however i couldnt care less. Instead of holding it flat, you hold it on it's side so it kinda looks like you talk into a sandwich. On the whole the N Gage is awesome and if your a gamer or a tech freak like me then it's deffinately worth adding to your collection of facinating technology and games consoles!Read full review
I heard of these when they first came out, but like most was not gonna pay £180+ for one. So my Cookie LG Phone got stolen looking for a new phone and for the price the N_Gage is as good now as it ever was and is the Only true Retro phone about that still copes with todays mobile internet and apps. Online there are endless games and apps that cost nothing, its got a great screen and colours and is easy to access and plays software. Userbility is great. Overall its a great phone and I highly recommend that you give it a go. Only downside is you got to take the battery out everytime to change a game but thats alittle price to pay for such a fun phone.
I used to use the Navicore GPS system about 4 years ago but sold it and replaced it with a Tom Tom. I found the Tom Tom to be far inferior to the Navicore system so decided to get hold of a phone with the S60 software so that I could run it again. Despite the N-Gage's age, it still provides a lot of the features that you would expect on a modern phone. I was able to run the Navicore software with ease. I can also access Facebook, play mp3s, and play games on it. Although it comes with Real Player - it doesn't really seem to be able to play many formats - infact I haven't managed to get it to play any videos yet! I find the internet connection is a little slower than my Nokia 5230 running on the same sim card. I would recommend this phone to anyone who wants to have all the modern features but on a budget of less than £50!Read full review
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