Posted by obsixx
Super G, do you own an ngage?
Posted by dantec
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Yeah this guy is nonstop defending n-gage. Not that there is something wrong with that... Just an observation...
What someone said the ngage is more than just a game console I think that is hard to believe. Nokia has wonderfull people working their website making their specs sound impressive no doubt. But trying to pass it as an MP3 player. Comon, how much can that hold ? 10 songs at best ? For those of you that have an iPod and are used to the convienience then you know what I am talking about. Throw those stupid flash based players away. Even my Tungsten can play MP3's so it's not a big deal and most other handhelds so big woop...
For people talking about the PS2. We'll people in japan spent a few nights waiting to get it. There was even a demand for it in Switzerland at the time (European version wasn't announced) and they imported the U.S. version albeit for 1000 SFR which is about 750 U.S... And I know people who still bought it. So to recapitulate THERE WAS/IS DEMAND FOR THE PS2. Everyone I know who plays games has a PS2, and those that have gamecubes or xbox's have them as second consoles...
Onto the gameboy advance, the N-gage has impressive graphic capability from what I have seen on the net. And to those of you saying it is such a lovely symbian device - I personally think that a symbian device is useless if it doesn't have a touchscreen (not defending the p800, but that is what I think)...
Finally, the ngage is a taco... WHY couldn't nokia but the microphone on the bottom of the device ? This is just plain stupid...
AND BTW, doens't the ngage have 1 MMC slot ? Then each time you want to listen to your tunes and then play a game after you have to dismantle the friggen thing !
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And I forgot, on expansys right now on the front page the ngage rangs behind the t68i... OMG ! If that is not a clear indication of how well the ngage is selling that I do not know what to say ! The t68i has stopped production... LOL
[ This Message was edited by: dantec on 2003-10-28 17:18 ]
Posted by DragonEye
mp3's-----well if you can use a 128-256 card that's still quite a bit of music...i use my p800 for music all the time it's great.. and if they have an ogg player app as well.. then you could easliy fit 50 songs in the player..so yes it is an mp3 player as well... it think th n-gage is a stupid taco phone but it still does what they claim.
sorry i don't need 10 gig's of music with me for the gym, the walk to school or the cummute home
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Posted by dewfall
Nokia did announce sales figures of N-gage shifting 400,000 units in its first two weeks after release, worldwide. Compared to GBA's first week sales of 500,000, I wouldn't really call the N-gage a flop.
Posted by dantec
"Nokia did announce sales figures of N-gage shifting 400,000 units in its first two weeks after release, worldwide. Compared to GBA's first week sales of 500,000, I wouldn't really call the N-gage a flop."
Well as this has already been mentioned this is only a show for how many units have left the factory, not the actual demand. This only shows you that Nokia can produce and send these n-gage's boxed to retailers... This is not a reflection of how many where actually sold.
Now if they still shipped 500,000 every week 6 months from now, then I would be interested...
Posted by Super G
@obsixx: Yes i do :D And as you've guessed i do like it a lot.
Posted by BlackBauer24
NOT. GOOD. AT. GAMING. ENTERTAINMENT
Posted by Super G
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If only P800 had this very basic text input called T9, available in low-end phones even, it would probably help you put more substance into your post...
Posted by Fritz24
It was an acronym for N-GAGE...
Posted by BlackBauer24
@ Super G you must surely be one of the lucky nokia owners to come up with such a response, fortunately P800 users are able to write on the screens of their phones if they so choose, no need for t9 as most are educated enough to know how to write without the t9 help... can you nokia owners say the same? tap tap away my friends tap tap away.
Posted by Super G
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Waw, i'm even more impressed with your answer.
It's not about education, but convenience.
P900 now supports T9. Oh why is that huh?
T9 input is extremely fast (on Nokia phones at least), and one-handed. It is a must have in a phone with a keypad, sorry.
Anyway, FYI all happy owners of the Nokia 6108 can in fact use handwriting recognition as well as T9.
Posted by BlackBauer24
I'm so happy for you all, nokia spoils you guys rotten.
Posted by dantec
superg give it a break and go start :
'nSato.com' !
Posted by Super G
@dantec: Why on Earth do u bother reading the \"other manufacturers section\" if u're not happy with it?
Posted by Sony Ericsson Indonesia
Why nSato.com??? why not a nato? (hahah Nato)
Posted by Iceduck
I have to agree that T9 is a really important feature. I prefer handwriting recognition when I'm sitting down but when I'm running though the city and writing a message at the same time T9 would be fantastic (getting a P900 today, btw).
I have to comment on that about Nintendo working with Motorola. Back in the early 90's when Nintendo wanted to make a CD-based console they decided to work with Sony. It was going to be a CD-add-on for the Super Nintendo. However, for whatever reson Sony and Nintendo split up (probably due to arguments over revenue-sharing). The CD-based Super Nintendo developed by Sony became the original PlayStation and the rest is history. What I mean is that you shouldn't put too much into what Nintendo does. They're famous for dumping projects in the late stages of developement.
Posted by dantec
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Because I am convinced that the ngage is a flop. Just because it is an 'other manufacturers section' doesn't mean that I you have to discuss the topics in a certain 'polite to certain manufacturers' manner..!
Posted by dantec
Played with one today. Not a whole lot impressed with symbian on the phone though...
Way to much for that kind of graphics I think. Perhaps the ngage 2 or 3 shall be interesting.
But however I think nokia has awoken the 'sleeping dragon' nintendo. Which is going to do something drastic with the next gameboy... Think about it, the gameboy advance SP was just an update to the enclosure, no graphical improvement.
I think it was a refresh to keep the masses content. And when the next gameboy comes out it probably will have the power of a PS1...
Posted by obsixx
Nintendo has something big planned for next year, and Super g stated that nintendo and motorolla have something in the works. Nintendo is not saying anything at the moment but i bet it has something to do with that. The motoboy, probably at half the price of ngage. We'll see. ;-)
Posted by sn3ipen
I think the motoboy will be much bether than the n-gage. But i think the motoboy will sell werry poor cause n-gage is not selling werry wel and that is a nokia. How do you think a moto will sell good when n-gage is a nokia and people use to buy nokia, just because it is a nokia.
Posted by obsixx
Well if nintendo and motorolla market the motoboy to gamers like nokia did with the ngage there'll be far less skepticism because of the nintendo name backing it. Ngage has nothing backing its game aspect.
Posted by jomni1
Why don't nintendo just invent a gameboy cartridge with an antenna, where you slip in a SIM card and turns any gameboy into a cell phone. That's possible. But of course you can't play games anymore with that cartridge attached?!?
Posted by dantec
But I think if they want to sell a motoboy they better give it a better name.
I know I certainly would turn away from something named motorola at first glance !
Posted by eastiseast
Am I allowed to ressurect a thread, cause I must say that a lot has happened since '03 in the ngage domain of gaming, there're lots of copy-cat gaming devices out there and the ngage QD has kinda created a dedicated niche market out there, the QD a flop? think again, they sold over 1.5 million sets and there are some pretty engaging (pardon the pun) game out there for it
Posted by whizkidd
Exactly! The QD is doing pretty well.