N-Gage
Sign in to saveThe N-Gage is a mobile device combining features of a cellular phone and a handheld game system developed by Nokia, released on 7 October 2003. Officially nicknamed the game deck, the N-Gage's phone works on the GSM cellular network, and software-wise runs on the Series 60 platform on top of Symbian OS v6.1.
Key facts
- Information appliance.name
- N-Gage
- Information appliance.logo
- N-Gage console logo.svgclass=skin-invert
- Information appliance.logo_size
- 220px
- Information appliance.image
- Nokia-NGage-LL.png
- Information appliance.codename
- Starship (original)Aquarius (QD)
- Information appliance.manufacturer
- Nokia
- Information appliance.type
- Handheld game console and mobile phone
- Information appliance.generation
- Sixth
- Information appliance.release_date
- 7 October 2003
- Information appliance.discontinued
- 24 February 2006
- Information appliance.units_sold
- 3 million
- Information appliance.media
- MultiMediaCard
- Information appliance.display
- TFT LCD, 176 × 208 px, 4,096 colors
- Information appliance.os
- Symbian OS 6.1 (Series 60)
- Information appliance.cpu
- ARM920T
- Information appliance.cpu_speed
- 104 MHz
- Information appliance.related
- Nokia 7650, Nokia 3650, Nokia 6600
- Information appliance.connectivity
- HSCSD, GPRS, Bluetooth
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Encyclopedic overview
15 sectionsContents
- History
- Release and lifetime
- Hardware
- Design
- Accessories
- Revision
- Software and features
- Game library
- Reception and legacy
- Sales
- N-Gage 2.0
- See also
- Notes
- References
- External links
The N-Gage is a mobile device combining features of a cellular phone and a handheld game system developed by Nokia, released on 7 October 2003. Officially nicknamed the game deck, the N-Gage's phone works on the GSM cellular network, and software-wise runs on the Series 60 platform on top of Symbian OS v6.1.
N-Gage attempted to lure gamers away from the Game Boy Advance by including telephone functionality, including SMS texting, in an "all-in-one" device. Game software was packaged in a MultiMediaCard to be inserted into the N-Gage's slot. Nokia also ran an online service community, N-Gage Arena, which also supported multiplayer on some titles, using the phone's GPRS data connection. Ultimately over 50 games — which included titles by major third-party publishers — were released for the system in a three year period.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “N-Gage” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.