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N-Gage QD Review - No More Side-Talkin'

Posted by timothy on from the mumble-louder-please dept.

jasoncart writes "After the apparently poor uptake, and questionable design of the original N-Gage, have Nokia taken the hint when designing the next model - the N-Gage QD? Ferrago has a hands-on review."

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  1. Going/Has to Bomb by Askjeffro · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Is Nokia just stubborn? There is no way there little thing stands a chance, even with this "revision". It's time to cut their losses.

  2. No matter how good it is I'm not getting one by Zarks · · Score: 3, Insightful

    I just want a small simple phone that does phone calls and text messages. MP3 playback is good but my MP3 player does that better and cheaper. While the N-Gage looks quite cool its not going to fit in your pocket that easily. I'm going to keep my gaming to PC's for now. When they can invent a phone with a 19" screen, 3D accelleration, a mouse and a keyboard that fits in your pocket easily, I'll buy it.

    1. Re:No matter how good it is I'm not getting one by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Insightful

      When your travelling for a long time and you find yourself carrying a PDA and/or gameboy, phone, mp3 player, radio etc a device like this really makes sense even if it costs slightly more than the lot put together.

  3. try to do too many things, you're bad at all by wyldeone · · Score: 3, Insightful

    While it is good news that Nokia finally got rid of that anoying problem with having to take out the battery to change games, but for any serious gamer it would be best to wait for the Nintendo DS or the Sony PSP. The NGage, trying to do so many things (mp3 player, game player, phone) cannot hope to do as well as something that is designed from top to bottom for games. Also, as Nokia has no prior work with gaming (other than the previous NGage) they do not have the funementals of a good game system down. Also, they have very lackluster support from third party developers.

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  4. Re:Calling on my GBA by Wild+Bill+TX · · Score: 3, Insightful

    I will buy this kind of mixed system when Nintendo includes a cell phone in GBA.

    I honestly doubt that Nintendo will ever do that. Nintendo tends to focus on features related to gaming, unlike other companies that put out "game" systems.

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  5. Re:I don't get it... by AKAImBatman · · Score: 3, Insightful

    What I don't get is why Nokia didn't design it like the 6810. The 6810 even has a joystick! Just replace that keyboard with a DPad and buttons, and you'd be in business. Instead they thought that everyone would want to talk into something that looked like a reject from a Fischer Price factory. Go figure.

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  6. No good games... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Insightful

    Sure, it's a great redesign... But all the system changes in the world won't change the fact that the games aren't worth it. Most are old, on other consoles, or just crappy.