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Nokia reveals N-Gage detailsBy Jørgen Sundgot, Wednesday 5 February 2003
First unveiled as a sneak peek of things to come in November last year, Nokia is now revealing more facts concerning its N-Gage Series 60-based wireless gaming console.

At events held today in London and Sydney, Nokia finally revealed more details concerning its previously announced N-Gage wireless gaming console, based on the manufacturer's Symbian OS-based Series 60 platform. Combining mobile phone functionality with MP3 playback capabilities, an FM radio and Internet connectivity through GPRS, the N-Gage will be the most advanced handheld gaming console the world has yet to see when it arrives later this year.

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The N-Gage concept introduces a wireless multi-player platform for both local and remote gaming. Courtesy of Bluetooth, players will be able to pitch themselves against someone or a group of people in the room, or in another country, courtesy of GPRS. Meanwhile, games for the N-Gage will be sold separately on game cards (using the MultiMediaCard standard) through major retail outlets, game- specific and video game retail outlets, as well as in regular mobile phone delivery channels in all major markets.

Besides its gaming features, the Nokia N-Gage game deck also offers music playback capabilities of files in MP3 and AAC format, and comes with PC software from Nokia called Audio Manager to let users manage their music collection. In addition comes a stereo FM radio and tri-band GSM 900/1800/1900 mobile phone functionality. Like other Series 60 devices, the N-Gage will also sport an XHTML browser, support for SMS and MMS, an e-mail client and various PIM applications, as well as support for J2ME applications - all presented on the 12-bit TFT color display in a 176 x 208 pixel resolution.

Nokia listed usage times for several applications, with voice and gaming taking the heaviest toll on the battery with 2 to 4 hours and 3 to 6 hours respectively. Standby time was said to range from 150 hours to 200 hours, and the N-Gage will let users listen to MP3 or AAC files for up to 8 hours and radio for up to 20 hours. The N-Gage handset will measure 134 x 70 x 20 mm, and weigh 137 g.

The manufacturer said it is planning on making N-Gage available in volumes across five continents in the 4th quarter 2003 well in time for the holiday shopping season.
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