The new Nokia N-Gage device is based on Series 60 and runs the Symbian OS. Here's the press release:
[quote="Nokia"]Nokia has today announced that it will bring mobility to the games industry by offering console quality games for its new mobile game deck device category. Nokia will expand the gaming experience by bringing a wireless multiplay platform to the market for both local and remote gaming. Based on an established business model in the games industry, Nokia will take rich mobile games to a new level by utilizing the full potential of mobility. As mobile network capacity increases over time, mobile gaming interactivity will also reach new levels together with game optimized mobile devices that offer consumers a truly rich, interactive mobile gaming experience.
"Games are an exciting way to communicate and connect with a larger community of like minded people. Rich mobile games, combined with connected near distance multiplayer gaming over Bluetooth and wide area gaming using cellular networks, opens the door for totally new gaming concepts. Mobility will add a whole new dimension to innovative and creative games concepts and will provide opportunities for the games and telecom industry alike,� said Anssi Vanjoki, Executive Vice President, Nokia Mobile Phones.�
Rich mobile gaming represents an appealing business opportunity for game publishers and operators. Nokia will be working with top games publishers and developers to provide the most appealing games catalogue for consumers. The rich games will be distributed on memory cards, and Nokia will also act as a game publisher. Operators will gain new revenue streams through increased data use and outbox memory game cards will complement operators� current game business by bringing rich quality games to game optimized mobile devices.
As an initial step in the converging trends in enabling technologies, and also in devices, Nokia will introduce the first game optimized device in its mobile game deck category, the Nokia N-Gage(TM) mobile game deck device, together with branded game titles from top games publishers and developers in February 2003. The Nokia N-Gage(TM) mobile game deck will run on the Nokia Series 60 platform and the Symbian OS (Operating System).
About Nokia
Nokia is the world leader in mobile communications. Backed by its experience, innovation, user-friendliness and reliable solutions, the company has become the leading supplier of mobile phones and a leading supplier of mobile, fixed broadband and IP networks. By adding mobility to the Internet Nokia creates new opportunities for companies and further enriches the daily lives of people. Nokia is a broadly held company with listings on six major exchanges.
Further information:
Nokia Mobile Phones
Communications
Tel: +358 7180 08000
E-mail: [email protected]
www.nokia.com
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Qualifies as an interesting device me thinks.
the model it's 95% identical with my gameboy adv
will Nokia defeat Nintendo for the handheld market ????
Nokia is nuts
also i i'm working at nokia
i'll put two shoulder button for the N-Gage and also make the keypad "0" and "9" for games
so there will be 4 buttons and 2 shoulder buttons
the screen is too smalll
I think the idea is that its a mobile phone and a gaming system. i.e. a mobile phone for those who live in Symbian Gaming Forum... 😊
They've got Sega developing games for it. So its a serious handheld gaming contender. Will Nintendo be worried?
http://press.nokia.com/PR/200211/880103_5.html
Nokia and Sega, the world�s leading games publisher, today announced their collaboration to provide branded games for the Nokia�s new mobile game deck device category. According to this collaboration, Sega will develop games for the Nokia N-Gage(TM) mobile game deck, that will run on the Nokia Series 60 platform and the Symbian OS (Operating System). The branded outbox games will be available separately on memory cards.
"Nokia believes that games is the next big thing in mobility. The mobile game deck devices takes us to a new level of mobile interactive gaming, offering totally new and unique possibilities that were not previously available in this quality for publishers or end-users. We are excited to provide rich, high quality games from world known game publishers such as Sega. Sega offers an excellent variety of games with several genres,� said Ilkka Raiskinen Senior Vice President, Entertainment and Media Business Unit, Nokia Mobile Phones
�It is our pleasure to join hands with Nokia for their innovative project,� said Tetsu Kayama, Chief Operating Officer, Sega Corporation. �We promote a multiplatform strategy to supply content to all type of hardware globally and we believe that Nokia and us will create the new-genre of mobile games.�
About Nokia
Nokia is the world leader in mobile communications. Backed by its experience, innovation, user-friendliness and reliable solutions, the company has become the leading supplier of mobile phones and a leading supplier of mobile, fixed broadband and IP networks. By adding mobility to the Internet Nokia creates new opportunities for companies and further enriches the daily lives of people. Nokia is a broadly held company with listings on six major exchanges.
About Sega Corporation
Tokyo, Japan-based Sega Corporation is a nearly $2.5 billion company, responsible for the development, marketing and distribution of Sega video game systems and video games in the global market. The company is recognized as the industry leader in interactive digital entertainment media, offering interactive entertainment experiences both inside and outside the home. Sega Corporation�s official web site is located at http://sega.jp.
Further information:
Nokia Mobile Phones
Communications
Tel: +358 7180 08000
E-mail: [email protected]
www.nokia.com
also i i'm working at nokia
i'll put two shoulder button for the N-Gage and also make the keypad "0" and "9" for games
so there will be 4 buttons and 2 shoulder buttons and ...
add vibrate effect
add 16 way directional D-pad
add two speakers for enchanced gameplay
add larger screen
add 16 bit colour instead of 12 bit
[quote="langdona"]They've got Sega developing games for it. So its a serious handheld gaming contender. Will Nintendo be worried?
http://press.nokia.com/PR/200211/880103_5.html[/quote]
He he - you're even quicker than I am - I've just updated the news to reflect this.
http://www.allaboutsymbian.com/newsdisplay2.php?id=3847
I didn't like the last Nokia phone to have this form factor, but there's something strangely nice about this device.
Shame that moron head Andy "crap-for-brains" Sjostrom :robot: over at PocketPCThoughts can't see further than his nose since he describes Nokia thus; "building drop-dead gorgeous phones on top of a drop-dead dead platform". But then again, his attitude is about as open as one would expect from someone who's forehead has "built for Microsoft Windows" stamped on it.
He really needs to learn to handle his jealousy/envy problem 😃
16bit color and stereo sound.. nice.. but will it have a faster cpu?
without 100+mhz cpu it won't bring much changes comparing to standard device.
[quote="Rafe"]I think the idea is that its a mobile phone and a gaming system. i.e. a mobile phone for those who live in Symbian Gaming Forum... 😊[/quote]
Seems that you have to make some changes on this site to support this new device 😊
This is an excelent combination,wonder how much it will cost? :silly:
Bloody too much i guess.