N-gage II

what do you think, after reading this article. from indiemagazine Nokia is inviting members of the media to a pre-E3 event on April 14 at London’s Leicester Square, where it is expected to unveil the successor to N-Gage. Nokia’s PR agency Chocolate Communications has invited media representatives to “be one of the first to see into the revolutionary future of 21st century mobile gaming (no crystal ball necessary!)”. Commenting on the event a Nokia spokesperson said: “I can’t say what it’s for but if you take a guess, you’d probably be correct. It will be the chance to see lots more stuff; there will be lots of content and also product on demo.” The spokesperson also said the event will include Nokia representatives, including input from Finland. It is not clear why Nokia has decided to hold this event pre-E3, apart from to have the media’s undivided attention. However, it is confirmed that Nokia will still hold a press conference at E3, where numerous announcements will also be made. Last month Nokia said N-Gage had until November 2005 to succeed offcourse it's still a rumor... __________________ Seems very logical to bring new n-Gage now as Jorma Ollila has said N-Gage sales hasn't been what it should've been. And about "Last month Nokia said N-Gage had until November 2005 to succeed" I think Nokia means N-Gage as a system, so the system (including various consoles) has until Nov 2005 to succeed... __________________ also the register.com speaks of a new N-gage, where they fix sidetalking, hot swapable mmc... Some critics suspect that Nokia only launched the N-Gage console-phone to drum up interest for its Series 60 platform amongst game developers. This is an expensive way of building a brand. The phone giant is pressing ahead, and has acknowledged that it will fix the two most serious design issues with the first generation of the device. One of which made the N-Gagethe butt of many jokes. It's officially confirmed what John Romero, developer of the iconic game Doom, suggested two weeks ago (although he denied that he'd seen a prototype of N-Gage 2). Nokia's Kirsi Kotilainen, head of game developer relations, has promised that N-Gage owners won't look so stupid when making regular phone calls, as the microphone has been repositioned. He's also said that version two will support hot-swapping games cards. The first N-Gage required the phone to be powered down and the battery removed. Nokia argued that TV-based consoles ask the user to reboot, so why not phones? However, this isn't really a sustainable argument any more: Nokia's 9200 'brick' smartphone supported hot-swappable MMCs three years ago; and rivals such as Sendo's SX1 happily perform the trick. Kotailainen also said that the next N-Gage will be backward compatible with the earlier version. Electronics Arts president John Riccitiello recently described the first N-Gage as "a dog" but expressed confidence that Nokia would eventually succeed. __________________ got pics of N-gageII ?? __________________ any series 60 phone could play n-gage games, so I think nokia is B.S-ing gamers. __________________ Quote: Originally posted by bu_7assooon any series 60 phone could play n-gage games, so I think nokia is B.S-ing gamers. With the current version they certainly are, I would like to see if the newer version is better. After all, it is better to play games on a machine that shape than any other series 60, but at the moment it is too much hassle. __________________ cant wait for the new SE-sony co project __________________ @tonich03 What project? do u mean there will be a PS/sonyericsson gaming phone?? if so how do u know? @Junker I know that n-gage is a good shape for gaming but what I want to say is that how nokia tell the people that the n-gage is its only gaming phone if all series 60 play these game...so I think this is BS. I mean any smartphone can have these graphics in there phones(check V-rally in p900 or other series 60). I really prefer to have a PSP (when it comes out) because really these consols will get more that 10 times more games than the n-gage...I know many people bought the n-gage but in terms of a gaming consol it was really bad, and as someone said n-gage was really a strategy by nokia to make series 60 poplure to gamers. __________________ of course u will feel much more comfortable to play a game with N-gage... Mavi forum