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Hands-On With The Nokia N-Gage

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the but-it-looks-so-cool dept.

CokoBWare writes "Finally! Gamesindustry.biz has done a hands-on review of the Nokia N-Gage cellphone/games machine. The results don't impress the judges much, but I suppose the consumer will ultimately be the judge."

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  1. Oh, good... by ckafura · · Score: 5, Funny

    ...another thing to distract people while they're driving.

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    1. Re:Oh, good... by Amorpheus_MMS · · Score: 5, Funny

      ... and there is an autopilot while the pilot is busy rescuing the princess.

  2. Another hands on review by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Informative

    As mentioned here, from IGN Wireless.

  3. Penny-Arcade by da3dAlus · · Score: 5, Funny

    http://www.penny-arcade.com/view.php3?date=2003-08 -22&res=l

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  4. WHY DID THEY DESIGN IT LIKE THIS? by garcia · · Score: 5, Insightful

    In order to put a game into the system, you have to: turn the phone off, take the back cover off, remove the battery, slide out the existing game, put the new one in, put the battery back in, replace the back cover, hold down the power button for several seconds, wait for the system to boot up, open the main menu, select the game, open it... And then your game starts loading.

    Ok, so the thing LOOKS cool but is it functional. Apparently not. Who the hell wants to fumble around with removing a battery, sliding out an old cartridge, sliding in a new cartridge, and then replacing the cover?

    The wait issue is of no relevance to me, who cares, what I care about is having to hold thirty things in my hands while I fumble around trying to switch games.

    In this day and age, and all the devices that have come out (especially handheld gaming units) why would ANYONE think that this design would be acceptable?

    Just my worthless .02