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N-Gage vs. P800 |
KoKayne
Joined: Jun 13, 2003
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I'm thinking to buy a Nokia N-Gage. Is this phone better then a P800? Cause I heard a lot about the PSP, when wil that come out? Does anyone know that? Cause if the PSP is based on PlayStation, I think it will RoCk!
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daftpunk
Joined: Jun 27, 2003
Posts: 121
From: USA
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is the Nokia 3650 better than the p800....me thinks not and the ngage is the same thing with the added bonus of having expensive low-res games that come on MMC cards that are proprietary to nokia!
conclusion:  N-Gage
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lulu ginzburg
Joined: Sep 21, 2003
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N-gage is a toy/gsm.. made for gamers and the "young ones". lol
It's more a king of gameboy. (BTW you can get a phone module for the gameboy now!)
He is not even to compare with a P800 who is a real cellphone/pda with a more adult public
No discussion possible, if you want a phone to play and fun, buy a n-gage.
if you want to work with it and really use it to make phonecalls (and also to have the possibilty to play, music,..) then buy a P800/900 |
MumboJumbo
Joined: Sep 16, 2003
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Apples and Oranges pal. |
RyaN
Joined: Jun 24, 2002
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From: By the hill, Sussex
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havent heard anything about the psp, but i dont really think you can compare the n-gage to a p800. n-gage does look ok tho. bluetooth support for link up is a great idea. just depends if there are gonna be any good title coming out for it. my opinion id rather spend my money on a smaller GB Advance Sp and have my phone as a separate unit |
nixin
Joined: Oct 08, 2003
Posts: 244
From: Birmingham
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what does mmc mean?
Is N gage that nokia phone which looks like a game boy i saw an advert for it on televison.
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Dazultra2000
Joined: Feb 23, 2003
Posts: 203
From: UK
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Indeed. No straight comparison.
Although as someone said, essentially it's a re-hashed 3650 minus the camera and plus the MMC (which, as previosuly noted, is proprietary and cannot be used in other devices without formatting to the other device's filesystem).
N-gage is for kids, bored businessmen 
P800 is for yuppies, tech-freaks and those who have to have the best phone they can get their hands on, as well as the advanced features that the P800 has over any other phone which make it a good specialist phone also.
Now while I don't especially hate the n-gage (as opposed to the 3650 which I DO hate), I still don't really like it. It's murder to use the menus, it's big, you don't know which end to talk to, and from what I've seen...it crashes....a LOT! |
nixin
Joined: Oct 08, 2003
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From: Birmingham
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my friend says the t600 is better than a n gage and the t600 is the best phone SE have out at the moment.
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RyaN
Joined: Jun 24, 2002
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From: By the hill, Sussex
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ahh Mr Nixon, nice of you to return. how have you been? |
Little Jon
Joined: Jun 11, 2003
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The N-Gage looks interesting, but as people have already pointed out, it's not a P800 rival. It's a Gameboy rival. The P800 and other smartphones are converged PDAs and phones. The N-Gage is a converged handheld video game/phone.
Like other "PDAs", the P800 has enough processing power to allow you to play games, but it's not primariliy designed for that.
The N-Gage has some design flaws, which show that Nokia is a phone company and not a games company. The most obvious is the fact that you have to remove the battery to change the game cart.
The biggest fly in Nokia's ointment is going to be the Playstation Portable. Although it's not going to be released for another year or so, I hear from an industry insider that the specifications are everything you could dream of for a handheld games machine! Of course, it's not a phone though! |
Dans Macabre
Joined: Oct 04, 2003
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I also don't think that this is a fair comparison, the P800 is a PDA phone, playing games wasn't the first priority when the p800 was designed, in other words, the Nokia N-Cage was designed for the younger generation who'd like to play games on their phone, the p800 has much more (full-featured) capabilities than just playing games.
In my opinion it's better to buy a Gameboy than to buy a phone like this, Nokia hasn't got any experience in developing (portable) game-consoles like Nintendo has.
So if you want to play games everywhere you go I think it is better to buy a Gameboy than to spend your money on a phone like this.
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nixin
Joined: Oct 08, 2003
Posts: 244
From: Birmingham
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The N-gage is an attempt for nokia to make a good gaming device because of all the success from snake and stuff. So this was there next logical step. No way can they dream to compete with p800 they have no competition. However the device is awfull in design the reset button is to close to the gaming buttons whihc can be disaterous and basing it on the 3300 design is a bit poo as you have to take the batterey out to change mmc. The screen is the wrong way around aswell.
GBA has problems as it is nothing special it plays game thats it and the games are stupidly priced
PSP however is looking good if sony can stick to deliver what they claim with gaming abilities along with mp4 play back and movies in the UDMA format. It is not a phone just a great gaming device UDMA discks look tasty. There is reports abotut possibly making a GSM adaptor but this probalby wont happen....for some time at least
Any way back to Nokia they will try to enjoy as many sales as possible from the kids pestering mummy and daddy. Then eventually some one else will make one unless Nokia's hand set falls flat on it's face then it will just be a forgotten market segment.
Is it a rival for p800 yes it is a rival for the p800 in the same terms as a SL55 being a rival to the p800
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sn3ipen
Joined: Aug 18, 2003
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From: North-Norway
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I think i would be proud to hold a P800 against my ear on the street, and embarise my self doing the same whit a N-gage.
N-gage is just a stupid kids thing. |
BlackBauer24
Joined: Aug 28, 2003
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From: UK, USA, JA
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The Nokia N-Gage = a totally un-N-Gaging experience. and even though the P800 was not designed to be a gamers phone, it can still shift more polygons than Nokias new ugly duckling, and in full widescreen mode too.
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aga2k2
Joined: Sep 23, 2002
Posts: 93
From: UK
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@nixin
Games on nokias N-Gage are just as stupidly priced as gameboy advance
http://shop.game.net/ViewProduct.aspx?cat=11138&mid=322306 |
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Posted: 2003-10-09 20:12
