This article is about the mobile phone. For the mobile gaming service, see. N-Gage Manufacturer Type and Generation Release date 7 October 2003 Retail availability 2003–2005 Discontinued 26 November 2005 Units sold 3 million (as of 30 July 2007) Media 6.1 @ 104 MHz Storage MultiMediaCard, 3.4 MB internal memory (1st gen N-Gage) Connectivity, Online services N-Gage Arena The N-Gage (a pun on engage) is a combining features of a and a from, announced on 4 November 2002 and released on 7 October 2003. It runs the original platform on v6.1. Its original development codename was Starship. N-Gage attempted to lure gamers away from the by including functionality. This was unsuccessful, partly because the buttons, designed for a phone, were not well-suited for gaming and when used as a phone the original N-Gage was described as resembling a, which led to its mocking nickname 'Taco phone'.

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Nokia introduced the in 2004 as a redesign of the original 'Classic' N-Gage, fixing widely criticized issues and design problems. However, the new model was unable to make an impact, and with only 2 million units sold in its two years, the N-Gage and its QD model were a, unable to challenge their rival. The N-Gage was discontinued in November 2005, with Nokia moving its gaming capabilities onto selected Series 60 smartphones.

N-gage 2.0 is a very different beast from version 1. Instead of a dedicated, cartridge-based device, we get a combination of applications and online services that runs on several Nokia handsets, including the N81, N82, N73, N95 and N93 series phones. N-gage is transforming lives around the world through its support of sick, disables and underprivileged people. More Rewards.

This was announced as the in 2007, carrying on the N-Gage name. Contents.

History Around 2000, gamers increasingly carried both and. Nokia spotted an opportunity to combine these devices into one unit. Nokia announced in November 2002 that they would develop the N-Gage, a device that integrated these two devices. Instead of using cables, gaming was accomplished with or the (via the N-Gage Arena service). The N-Gage also included MP3 and Real Audio/Video playback and -like features into the system. With a launch price of US$299, the N-Gage was not commercially popular.

In its first weeks of availability in the United States, it was outsold by the 100 to 1. Within 17 days of the deck's release, popular retailers and began offering $100 rebates on the deck's price. A disassembled N-Gage, showing each layer of hardware Besides its gaming capabilities, the N-Gage was a smartphone, running 6.1, with features similar to those of the (it does not have an integrated, however). It was able to run all Series 60 software (other than those that require a camera), and applications as well. Its main CPU was an ARM Integrated (ARMI) compatible chip (ARM4T architecture) running at 104 MHz, the same as the and 3650 phones. As of August 2007, it was estimated that Nokia had shipped more than two million N-Gage game decks.

The 'N-Gage' brand name still had a poor reputation within the gaming media and among the few consumers who recognized the N-Gage brand, due to the weakness of the system's first games and the original model's limitations. Many gamers were unaware of the later QD redesign. Nokia had more than 50 games available for the system. While the N-Gage did not have any significant financial successes, it did have a handful of critical successes. Received a handful of glowing reviews when it was released, and was Nokia's first self-published success.

These games came perhaps too late to have much effect in improving the perception of the N-Gage hardware itself in the eyes of consumers or press. In February 2004, with the N-Gage failing to make a major impact four months on, CEO Jorma Ollila claimed that the device would be given until 2005 to be judged whether it was a success or failure. In January 2005, UK sales-tracking firm ChartTrack dropped the N-Gage from its regular ELSPA chart, commenting that 'The N-Gage chart, though still produced, is of little interest to anyone. Sales of the machine and its software have failed to make any impact on the market at all.' Although only directly reflective of the UK market, this was interpreted by some as a serious blow to the N-Gage as a viable gaming platform.

Despite this, Nokia reaffirmed their commitment to the N-Gage as a platform, to the point where a new version of the hardware was rumored after. February 2005 saw Nokia appoint Gerard Wiener, formerly of Europe, to the post of Director and General Manager for Games at Nokia. Wiener steered Nokia away from looking at the N-Gage as primarily being a games console to 'this is a mobile phone that is great for playing games on.' In November 2005, Nokia admitted that the N-Gage failed, selling only one-third of the company's expectations. The product was discontinued from Western markets, but would continue to be marketed in India and parts of Asia. Nokia did continue N-Gage promotions at 2006. The last game to be released in the U.S.

For the system was in March 2006 according to. In November 2006, Nokia released its last game for the N-Gage QD – combat racer Payload. Sales There is some disagreement in sources about the actual number of N-Gage decks sold. Nokia initially claimed 400,000 sales in the first two weeks the deck was available.

However, independent market research firms Chart-Track and Arcadia Research claimed that the N-Gage had sold only 5,000 decks in the United States in that time, and 800 decks in the UK. Critics suggested Nokia was counting the number of decks shipped to retailers, not the number actually purchased by consumers.

Nokia later admitted this was the truth. In 2004, Nokia claimed in a press release that it had shipped its millionth deck, represented as a company milestone despite falling short of the company's initial projection of six million decks by the end of 2004. However, this number shipped does not give a reliable picture of the actual sales of the deck. Nokia ultimately shipped 3 million N-Gage decks by 2007. Devices. The N-Gage QD N-Gage Classic The original phone's taco-shaped design was considered clumsy: to insert a game, users had to remove the phone's plastic cover and remove the battery compartment as the game slot was next to it. Another clumsy feature was the speaker and microphone being located on the side edge of the phone.

This often resulted in many describing it as talking into a ' phone' or 'Sidetalking', or simply that they had one very large ear, because the user held the edge of the phone against the cheek in order to talk into it. Usual for a phone, but unusually for a game system, it had a screen taller than it was wide, with a size of 2.1' and resolution of 176 X 208, giving an aspect ratio of 11:13; most televisions and portable game screens were 4:3. N-Gage QD. Main article: Before the launch of first in-house N-Gage title, a one level demo of the game was released to journalists to allow them to sample the game, and understand the concepts behind the turn based wargame. This demo was subsequently placed on the N-Gage.com website as a free download.

Undaunted by the 16mb download size, fans jumped on the Pathway to Glory demo. The success of the download paved the route for future titles. There are fifty-eight full titles available for N-Gage, but only 56 of these saw North American releases. The titles that were not released in North America are: (Germany and UK only) and Sega Rally (Australia and Brazil only). All but three of these titles (Payload, Snakes, & Virtua Cop) were available for retail purchase.

These are:. (pack-in, Europe only). (Australia and Brazil only). (Port for N-Gage planned but never released). Along with those listed above, one more game was bundled with the N-Gage (on the Support CD): an exclusive version of, that was later made available to phones.

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I have downloaded many N-Gage games to PC. All these games have extension 'n-gage'. I have transferred many of these games to 'N-Gage' folder which existed on the memory card of my N95 and then run N-Gage software by clicking on its icon. It prepapres for installation but after a while error is displayed 'the file is corrupted. Delete file?' I can't understand all of my downloaded files are corrupt.

But may be I am making some mistake. I have latest v.30 software on my N95 with N-Gage plateform. Hi.I installed N-gage application in my n95 8gb.when im trying to install ngage games it always show this error message 'There was an error validating your certificate.Please make sure that the date and time are set correctly in your device'please help me pals. You can try to see what happens by setting your phone's date back a couple of years (to 2008, for example). Note, though, that the N-Gage servers were decomissioned a while ago by Nokia, and are no longer available to handle N-Gage game purchases/activations.