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N-Gage to Get Another Overhaul
MSNBC has the news that the ever unpopular N-Gage not only isn't going into that good night, but it's going to be receiving a redesign sometime in the future. From the article: "We're looking at new colors, a new look and feel for the QD in the next few months,"
New colors will TOTALLY fix the problem of it being a crappy gaming unit but also a crappy phone!
The N-Gage has pretty much failed, and no matter what color you make it, it cannot be saved.
Not a Twitter sockpuppet... but I wish I was.
Seriously, this has gone on for too long. I'm going to go to the Autumn gaming shows in London, and find the new N-Gage will be the highlight of the show.
Nokia, you're fighting a losing battle, give up now and go back to developing phones. And save those of us who have to go to these trade shows the embarassment of having to talk to you about a handheld console that we didn't think would work, and didn't work.
The press - "Not going into the night" - is based on statements of Nokia marketers. This is not a valid base to believe that N-Gage will be with us much longer. Investments in new titles/developers would be - but just statements? I don't buy it.
The risks of MSNBC getting /.ed are very very slim. However, the risks of MSNBC going down because of an earthquake, a staffer tripping on a power cord or a staffer spilling a beverage into a server are quite good (Note: All 3 have happened to hotmail).
Not a Twitter sockpuppet... but I wish I was.
Time for all the people who dont own an Ngage, never used one, or, used one shortly in a demo display to come forth and spew bile, FUD, and uninformed opinions.
Because having ONE handheld game console would be just so swell and make innovation a MUST.
Even if Nokia release something with specs that put the PSP to shame I doubt it would help them any. The fact that three well known handhelds (GBA SP, DS, and soon to be PSP) are already on the market proves this. When the console market had four consoles in the past one of them failed (Dreamcast). N-Gage would be this one because of its bad reputation and the fact that hardley anyone knows about it compared to the other three.
game gear atari lynx virtual boy neo geo pocket wonderswan N-Gage PSP... (did I say that?)
n-gage: free supported official sdk's(c++), shitload of applications(including ssh client, web browsers, movie players), python scripting support(official too), j2me support, bluetooth, mmc support(1gb going at somewhere around 80 bucks)... even flash now if that's your cup of tea for development.
should be a pretty good nerd toy, no? and a bargain at the price they're going at.
(besides.. even one of the penny arcade guys admitted that the qd is a pretty fun device - but congrats on your newly acquired karma you're sure to get from posting what you posted, a post without any real information)
world was created 5 seconds before this post as it is.
*They said 'price cunt'...*
cue beavis/butthead laugh here.
I think that Nokia should recall that horrible peice of silicon and plastic. It would save them plenty of money. They should also recall how Tim Buckley of Ctrl-Alt-Del had a bad experience, and even wrote a news post on how he should've bought an X-Box isntead. It's just logic. As of right now, a tiny phone/mp3 player/handheld gaming system just isn't practical... and it's damn well impractical to be able to play Red Faction on it. Who ever liked that game, anyways? The N-Gage just needs to die. Right now, they're just trying to make again fly something that never flew in the first place.
I've been using the original n-gage for quite about 9 months now. All i can say is if you've never used one, you don't know what you're missing. I don't know about the n-gage hating lot but i carry around a cellphone whatever the occasion. I also like to be able to listen to music so i have a bigger MMC card in it with a few cds of music. It has a radio if i get bored of the mp3s i've got loaded at the time. If i wanted to make it a better music machine, i'd go out and buy a 70$ 1gig MMC to fit a few more cds. Lots better in my opinion than carrying around another device (say the suffle, that bloody shuffles your music (!)) for just listening to music. Also a plus is that you can actually hear your phone ring with your headset on. It actually comes with an USB cable so you can use it instead of carrying around a USB stick memory. Add to this Opera, Putty and a bunch of other useful apps and you have a winner (or it would be if people would give it fair chance). On the gaming side, there's not much to be said. The only game i've really played is Pathway To Glory demo, it was good but i doubt i'll ever buy a game for it. Anyways, this is just my 2 cents on this subject. Flame away.
# everything zen? don't think so.
Sign my online petition to bring back Sidetalkin'!
The idea is good: a cellphone with kick butt games. But talking is hard and the games aren't to good (to my knolage).
This is like the PDA/Cellphone combos. Good idea but no one can get them right. They are eather to big or they lack something. But mainly, as good of an idea as it is, people aren't ready for it. But if tomarrow someone came out with a something which can REALLY do both gaming and being a cell (and even a PDA) the thing could sell but no one can seem to make something that can do more then one thing well. It's sad really.
~ Mooga
Furthermore, the N-Gage is in a unique position in that its market prescence may slowly rise over time as people sign new contracts with cell phone providers. For instance, when my contract runs out I may consider a N-Gage. Why not, right? The cost is going to be very similar to any other phone I choose and the feature list is fairly nice. This model for getting the N-Gage into the hands of consumers is substantially different than any of the other models you listed.
Update For for the dupe. Not going well. Appreciate all the hate mail. Really encourages improvement.
Unpopular? Funny, there seems to be a story about it every week on slashdot.
Ok, the Original ngage was pretty damn crappy, with side talking, card changing, etc, all done very wrong. I personally said I would never get one..
Two months ago it was time to get a new phone, and I looked at the ngage qd with an apprehensive eye, but found what is a very sound device for a very small price tag. My only beef is the lack of IR or USB connectivity, but it was probably time for me to switch to bluetooth anyway. With symbian on the device, I've been able to get some nice apps working (putty, aim/msn/y! messengers, etc), in addition to the games that I can get for it (i've yet to buy a card, but I have no shortage of games...the tony hawk that comes with it looks really nice and has pretty decent control).
Although the original ngage had plenty of short comings, I think they are making up with it on the qd...some nice add ons won't hurt it, though colors won't save the poor phone.
How Jaded Are You?
Keep your eyes to the sky.
clearly you havnt even looked at the latest generation, side-talkin is old news, and you (and the mods who modded you up) are a jackass.
if you are going to publically bitch about something, at least get a damned clue about it first. the batter issue is long fixed with the next gen version.
I think you meant:
Nokia needs to mark the damn playing buttons.
then slashdot's stupid system is the jackass, as am i ;)
ok, we are agreed then. the button layout is... confusing, to say the least.