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Hacking The N-Gage - SideTalkin' To BackTalkin'

Posted by simoniker on from the snide-comments-begone dept.

ceemrl writes "All About N-Gage have the scoop on ending the silly-looking phone side-talkin' required if you own an original Nokia N-Gage game deck/phone, with a neat hardware hack." Amusingly, the hack involves: "Taking a 3mm drill bit and very carefully working through [the back of the N-Gage near the phone speaker housing] until you break through the plastic", and the authors note: "As long as you didn't damage the speaker when drilling, the sound should be a similar level to side talkin'."

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  1. Reviews of the N-Gage by Landaras · · Score: 4, Funny

    "Taking a 3mm drill bit and very carefully working through [the back of the N-Gage near the phone speaker housing] until you break through the plastic"

    They misspelled "with extreme prejudice and a priest on hand."

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  2. There goes my karma by Txiasaeia · · Score: 5, Funny

    Well, damn! Whenever there was any mention of the N-gage, I'd always bring up that Sidetalkin site and get modded to infinity, but now that people can backtalk, what's the frigging use? Excuse me while I crawl up into a ball and cry for a while; my social life as I know it is now over.

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    1. Re:There goes my karma by TonkaTown · · Score: 3, Insightful

      Given that anyone who'd ever *really* used an N-Gage knew that sidetalkin wasn't really a problem, I used to find the so-called humour not funny at all. So it's nice to see that "joke" has been skewered.

      Maybe we can now get Slashdot to understand mobile tech a little, and get rid of nonsense like people thinking WiFi is going to kill Bluetooth (hint: it's like comparing a motorbike with jumbo jet).

  3. They did exactly what you suggest. by raygundan · · Score: 4, Insightful

    I do believe they did. The new N-Gage QD is a plain old front-talkin' phone. The n-gage.com site even cites the "non sidetalkin' design" as one of the features of the new version.

    Perhaps I am being trolled, but hey... sometimes you gotta bite.