13.Feb.2003
Nokia (press service)
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Nokia N-Gage: Mobile Game Revolution?
Nokia, once an official partner of AMIGA, Inc., has shown the new mobile game system "Nokia N-Gage " in past weeks at "Get Ready to
N-Gage" conventions in London and Sydney.
The game deck allows the execution of high value games, among other things, over Bluetooth networks, but also the use of
a variety of services, the playing of MP3 and radio music, and the use as a Triband GSM 900/1800/1900 mobile telephone. Participating
game companies reportedly include Activision, Eidos, Sega, Taito and THQ - thereby providing a bit of serious competition to Nintendo's GBA.
An overview of N-Gage features:
- Color picture with backlighting, 176 x 208 resolution at up to 4096 colors
- Series 60 platform and Symbian operating system
- Bluetooth wireless technology for games
- 8 way controller "Rocker"
- Multimedia-messaging (MMS)
- Triple-band GSM (900/1800/1900), GPRS mobile phone
- Digital music player (AAC/MP3) & Stereo FM radio
- Nokia Audio Manager PC SW for management of music data
- Broad selection of applications: e-mail and personal information management
- XHTML Browsing
- Java Application Support
- Connection possibilities: calendar synchronization with PC/Mac,
USB for music data and downloading of applications
- Use duration: games about 3 to 6 hours, speaking about 2-4 hours, standby up to 150-200 hours, MP3 music up to 8 hours,
radio up to 20 hours
- Dimensions: (L x W x H) 133,7 x 69,7 x 20,2 mm
- Weight: 137g
- Volume: 139cc
- Delivery: 4th Quarter 2003
(nba) (Translation: dm)
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