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nGage games on 9500 ?

3 replies · 2,140 views · Started 01 January 2005

even though nGage is series 60 anyone done a hack to allow the games to play on the 9500 yet?

And is it possible to software overclock the cpu from 150 mhz to forexample 180 and then it will use more battery?

It is impossible to play such games. It runs a different UI. Besides, talking about hacked ngage games is not allowed here

About overclocking: Not possible (yet)

In Canada you have the right to modify software for the purpose of getting it to work on a computer system where it would not otherwise work. The copyright holder has no right to dictate to you how on what hardware you are allowed to execute the software.

Consequently, it is perfectly legal here to buy an ngage game and modify it to make it work on your 9500 phone.

The limitation, is that you have no right to make more than 1 copy of such modified version, and if you transfer your original copy to someone else, you have to delete all the modified versions. And if you transfer the modified version, you have to transfer the original copy with it.

This is absolutely legal. It is also fair to the copyright holder (since they get paid for their copy regardless of what machine it runs on (if any machine at all)).

Why would it be illegal to discuss perfectly legal and perfectly FAIR things to do with symbian software?

Nokia has a right to get upset when people commit copyright infringement, but modifying your non-infringing copies of software for strict compatability purposes is legit, legal, and the ability to do that would only increase demand for Nokia phones. So Nokia of all people should not be upset about it.

If Nokia actually bothered to sell 9500 versions of their ngage games then I could understand them wishing people would need to buy 2 copies. But they don't. So what is the big deal?

Pathway to Glory would rock on a 9500.

Downside to this argument that with a UK based site, it all goes through a UK court. That argument wouldn't stand up.