Nokia @ E3 - N-Gage capable smartphones

Nokia's booth at E3 seemed a little lonely compared with the thronging masses found elsewhere on the show floor, but we did spot a demo of four tricked out smartphones (from left to right, the 6630, the 6680, the 3230, and the N70) that looked like they were running that new N-Gage mobile gaming platform they announced earlier today.

[ET @ Dec 19th 2005 12:15AM]

Meh. Until they crank out a Treo-esque device, it's all the same ol same ol. T9? Yeah, right.

[Jeremy @ Dec 19th 2005 12:15AM]

i have to disagree here. i have a 6630, and the predictive text used in it is EXCELLENT. i can type out IM sessions as fast as i can on a treo, and once you get used to the system its quite effective.

[henry @ Dec 19th 2005 12:15AM]

but,
"to each his own."

stylin' or not,
i think nokia should give up on its attempts to get into the gaming biz.

they have enough problems with making phones.

but that's just me.

[petro @ Dec 19th 2005 12:15AM]

Is it just me, or is the nokia 3230 looking a bit like a sony ericsson t616?

[Grandpa @ Dec 19th 2005 12:15AM]

Fatty, crappy, dumpy. Go back to Finland and take your spazzy TI calculators with you.

[Dullicky @ Dec 19th 2005 12:15AM]

Just get a Symbian phone with a SD/MMC slot and hack it, Ex Siemens SX1 & BlizzardN-Gage.sis will do just fine.

[Jim Hughes @ Dec 19th 2005 12:15AM]

What's tricked out about those phones? 3 of the 4 are already on the streets, and the N70 isn't far off release either. It's nice to see Pathway to Glory (the game on all 4 phones) getting more exposure though.

With over 25 million series 60 phones already shipped, the number of devices that can play N-Gage games makes the PSP and GBA DS look like low volume niche devices.

[Et Tu @ Dec 19th 2005 12:15AM]

ET,

Treo-esque? Look at the Nokia 9300/9500. It's not treo-esque..it's a treo-is-dead-because-nokia-killed-it-esque.

The only reason the treo get's such a big hoo-ha is because of carrier tie-ins. In other parts of the world the treo can't even compete with the Nokia communicators or even those HP's.

[hedon247 @ Dec 19th 2005 12:15AM]

yeah but those parts of the world don't count.

[ET @ Dec 19th 2005 12:15AM]

Meh. Until they crank out a Treo-esque device, it's all the same ol same ol. T9? Yeah, right.

[Jeremy @ Dec 19th 2005 12:15AM]

i have to disagree here. i have a 6630, and the predictive text used in it is EXCELLENT. i can type out IM sessions as fast as i can on a treo, and once you get used to the system its quite effective.

[henry @ Dec 19th 2005 12:15AM]

but,
"to each his own."

stylin' or not,
i think nokia should give up on its attempts to get into the gaming biz.

they have enough problems with making phones.

but that's just me.

[petro @ Dec 19th 2005 12:15AM]

Is it just me, or is the nokia 3230 looking a bit like a sony ericsson t616?

[Grandpa @ Dec 19th 2005 12:15AM]

Fatty, crappy, dumpy. Go back to Finland and take your spazzy TI calculators with you.

[Dullicky @ Dec 19th 2005 12:15AM]

Just get a Symbian phone with a SD/MMC slot and hack it, Ex Siemens SX1 & BlizzardN-Gage.sis will do just fine.

[Jim Hughes @ Dec 19th 2005 12:15AM]

What's tricked out about those phones? 3 of the 4 are already on the streets, and the N70 isn't far off release either. It's nice to see Pathway to Glory (the game on all 4 phones) getting more exposure though.

With over 25 million series 60 phones already shipped, the number of devices that can play N-Gage games makes the PSP and GBA DS look like low volume niche devices.

[Et Tu @ Dec 19th 2005 12:15AM]

ET,

Treo-esque? Look at the Nokia 9300/9500. It's not treo-esque..it's a treo-is-dead-because-nokia-killed-it-esque.

The only reason the treo get's such a big hoo-ha is because of carrier tie-ins. In other parts of the world the treo can't even compete with the Nokia communicators or even those HP's.

[hedon247 @ Dec 19th 2005 12:15AM]

yeah but those parts of the world don't count.