The History and Legacy of the Nokia N-Gage: A Revolutionary Gaming Mobile Phone

2023-10-07 06:18:34
If we talk about Nokia in the 2000s, many people will think of mobile phones that could change lights and masks. It also comes with technology such as a more beautiful ringtone, a color screen, and one innovation is the Nokia N-Gage, a mobile phone that was born for gaming. Now that he is 20 years old, he can be said to be a teenager. The Nokia N-Gage was launched on January 5, 2003, or the year 2003, at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas, United States. The Nokia N-Gage is a hybrid mobile device that combines a mobile phone and a portable gaming console. But many people say that the appearance of the device looks more like a gaming console than a mobile phone. Because it doesn’t have a speaker at the top. Because of the above position Born to play games!!! That’s all, because the left side will be the Controller, and the right side will be the buttons for typing numbers. To control playing games and the various Key buttons are all around. It may not be suitable for calling at all. But what was cool at that time was It was one of the few mobile phones that when you bought it you could choose to have the games installed on the device with memory at that time which was 16MB and had a card called MMC or Multi Media Card. The card’s appearance would be Just like today’s SD Cards, think about it in the year 2003 (released in Thailand in October 2003), which is considered quite fast. There are games to choose from, including Tomb Raider, Sonic N, Super Monkey Ball, and Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 2. And if that’s not enough, because the operating system is Symbian, you can install your own programs as well. And the power can handle a 104 MHz CPU called ARM 920T. Supports connection at that time 2G or GPRS Classic and can still play games with friends. together too which at that time received good response But the problem of insufficient performance means that playing games may not be the best in some games. And its appearance is strange, so it causes problems in use. But in the following year, all the feedback led to the Nokia N-Gage QD having better performance. Small, agile, and not too strange in appearance, the Nokia N-Gage was first released in Thailand in October 2003 at a price of approximately 12,000 baht, which at that time some people who could save up the money could buy it. Still a high school student I’m here too. Unfortunately, everything ended quickly. Both N-Gage models ceased sales in 2005 because the advent of Smart Phones made a choice necessary, and at that time the N Series was born. So it would overlap the Line, leaving the name N-Gage with just a set of software inside the device, and sales exceeded 2 million units worldwide at that time. Here are the specs of the Nokia N-Gage: Processor: ARM 902T 104 MHz Internal memory: 16 MB External memory: microSD Display: 2.1-inch color, 176×208 pixel resolution Camera: No Connectivity: GPRS, Bluetooth, USB Battery: 1200 mAh Dimensions: 110x52x22 mm Weight: 148 grams The Nokia N-Gage is considered one of the first portable game consoles to achieve international success. Despite design and performance issues with some games, the Nokia N-Gage is an important handheld console in the history of gaming. And today is the 20th anniversary of the Nokia N-Gage. If anyone still has one, please bring it to show.
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