Nokia N-Gage Review: The Nokia N-Gage game deck has amazing blockbuster games available, featuring multi-player gaming using Bluetooth or the Internet for inter-active gaming, and is sure to be 'the' phone to be seen with this Christmas. With its sophisticated technology, including Java, GPRS, XHTML browser, multimedia messaging as well as a stereo FM radio and a digital music player, this is an all-round handset, particularly aimed are hard-core gamers.
This pocket-size Nokia N-Gage is a cross between a Gameboy advance and a mobile phone will allow gamers to play top games, individually or with friends, via Bluetooth or via GPRS and take on your opponents, who you've never met before, continents away. The choice is yours! Nokia´s new game deck will now put top games such as Sonic the Hedgehog, Space Invaders and Tomb Raider straight into the palm of your hand!
Current games available for the Nokia N-Gage are SonicN, Tomb Raider, Pandemonium, Super Monkey Ball, Virtually Board Snowboarding II, Bounce and Kart Racing. You can also download Java based games from Nokia Digital Services. Nokia is working with world-renowned games publishers and developers to create an appealing catalogue of high quality games and the company will also act as a games publisher itself to bring branded Nokia N-Gage titles to a rapidly expanding portfolio to suit all tastes. A 64Mb memory card is included in the package and the top games for the N-Gage will be sold separately on game cards in a Multimedia Card format. Simply remove the back cover of the handset, insert the game card to play and the game deck automatically adds the game to the menu system allowing you to instantly get down to some serious gaming.
Apart from all the serious gaming, the Nokia N-Gage is also a tri-band handset, so calling anyone in the world is no problem. And the GPRS data capability allows "always on" access to those all-important emails, video images, Internet and any information and entertainment services you require.
Don't want to be disturbed when you're playing a game? No problem as if you're at a crucial point in a game, then you can still answer a phone call and then continue the game, or you can play a game and listen to the radio at the same time.
The Nokia N-Gage boasts a large, high resolution (176 x 208 pixels) 4096 colour screen, an eight-way directional controller or 'rocker' for easy two-handed game play, calendar synchronization with PC, USB for music file and application download, WAP, HSCSD,MMS with enhanced SMS, voice dialling, calendar, contacts and built-in hands-free speaker.
Tri-band Bluetooth WAP, GPRS, HSCSD (high-speed internet), Email, XHTML browser Large 4096 colour display (176 x 208 pixels) Supports 3D graphics 5-way directional controller (works 8 ways in games) Online gaming and multiplayer gaming via Bluetooth Digital music player (MP3 & AAC formats) & digital recorder Stereo FM radio Stereo headset Nokia Audio Manager PC software Vibrate alert Voice Dialling Symbian operating system XHTML browsing Java MMS & enhanced SMS 64 Mb external memory card USB connectivity for music download from PC Built-in hands free speaker Calendar synchronization with PC Size: 132 x 70 x 20 mm Weight: 137g Battery standby: 150 - 200 hours Battery talktime: 2 - 4 hours (3-6 hour game play; up to 20 hour radio play) |