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Nokia's Cellular GBA - The N-Gage
An anonymous reader writes "Hold on to your Game Boys, folks! It appears that the Finland cell phone manufacturer, Nokia, will be throwing in its lot in the handheld gaming industry with its N-Gage. Not only is this critter capable of playing games, but other noticeable features include a cell phone, radio, and MP3 player. Game companies such as Sega, Taito, and Eidos have already expressed support for it."
It's been delayed until fall. They didn't mention that did they?
Well, just by registering to forum.nokia.com you can download the SDK kits (the Symbian kit uses gcc even :) or order them on CD and the SDK CD is free, though they took some time to deliver them.
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If it's $200 and lasts three hours on a battery charge, then we've probably got another Lynx. (is that what is was called?
Believe it or not, display tech has progressed since the early 1990s.. The Lynx IIRC had a backlit passive color screen, while the even hoggier portable turbografx had a TFT. Lynx could run about 4-5 hours on a full nicad charge on its 6 AAs.
I owned both the original and extra crispy, and I was a big fan of both, until I 'got a life'..
I would definitely appreciate a phone with improved games, if only to pass the time on the ferry.. I can get seasick reading..