Are you ready to N-Gage?

Nokia showcased its new mobile games, the Nokia N-Gage™ game deck, at "Get Ready to N-Gage" events in London, UK and Sydney, Australia. The Nokia N-Gage™ mobile game deck offers a new gameplay experience, bringing top titles from the biggest names in the games industry into the palm of your hand and out onto the mobile network. With its multi-player action via Bluetooth and WAP over GPRS, the game deck opens up new possibilities for both local and remote multiplayer gaming.

The high performance games for Nokia N-Gage game deck are sold separately on game cards (using the MultiMediaCard standard). Game cards allow for a new kind of mobile gameplay experience with richer graphics, enhanced sound, and more extensive game worlds in which to play. Nokia will also act as a game publisher to create branded N-Gage game titles and develop an evolving games portfolio.

Phone Features

High performance mobile interactive gaming

Gaming-optimized design and functionality

Single player games, local multiplayer Bluetooth games

Games available on game cards (MMC)

Digital music player and recorder, 64 MB memory card for music

Stereo FM radio

Nokia Audio Manager PC software

New design concept, new UI experience

Voice dialing; memory for 20 names and numbers

Voice recorder

Integrated handsfree speaker

Multimedia messaging

Full email support (IMAP4, POP3, SMTP, MIME2)

Content with XHTML browser

Tri-band EGSM 900/GSM1800/GSM 1900

Series 60 UI enabling application multitasking

Slave USB 1.1. for digital music download from PC

MP3, AAC, Midi, WAV ringing tones

Design

Ergonomic game controls for two-hand use (keys divided on both sides of the screen)

Five-way directional controller (works eight ways in games)

High fidelity stereo headset for music player, FM stereo radio, and voice calls (mono)

Internal antenna

Built-in vibrator

IHF speaker for calls, game sounds, music

Stereo line in for audio recording (analog)

Slave USB 1.1. for digital music download from PC

Supports the standard Java 2 Micro Edition (J2ME™)

Wireless Connectivity

Data support HSCSD, GPRS Multislot Class 6 (2+2, 3+1, class B)

Bluetooth

Wireless phone-to-phone or phone-to-PC connectivity

Send/receive pictures, graphics, and business cards

Play games

SyncML

High Speed Data

HSCSD up to 43.2 kilobits

GPRS up to 40.2 kilobits (Class B, 3+1, 2+2)

Operating System

Symbian OS with Java 2 Micro Edition (J2ME) support