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Nokia Announce New Features and Info For the N-Gage

6th February 2003, 10:58am
Nokia have announced new details on the N-Gage. This Handheld device will feature Phone, Gaming, Radio and MP3 capabilities. All of these features and such a large name like Nokia it sure is to be a hit and maybe convert some GameBoy Advance people over to the Nokia world of handheld gaming.

Features:
  • Tri-Band
  • WAP
  • GPRS
  • 4096 colour active-matrix display
  • Integrated camera for taking video and still images
  • image/video capture at 640x480/128x96, more than 10 frames/second
  • Bluetooth wireless technology
  • MIDP Java 1.0 technology for downloading applications to the phone
  • Polyphonic ringing tones.
  • Weight: 141g
  • Dimensions: 132 x 52x 25mm
  • Talktime upto: 2 2/3 hours*
  • Digital Music player (AAC/MP3) & Stereo FM radio
  • Standby upto: 350 hours*


Games Announced:
  • Bounce (Nokia)
  • Kart Racing (Nokia)
  • Virtually Board Snowboarding II (Nokia)
  • Sonic N (Sega)
  • Puyo Puyo (Sega)
  • Virtua Tennis (Sega)
  • Sega Rally (Sega)
  • Super Monkey Ball (Sega)
  • Tomb Raider (Eidos)
  • Pandemonium (Eidos)
  • Major League Baseball (THQ)
  • MotoGP (THQ)
  • Red Faction (THQ)


Useage Times:
  • Games up to 3 - 6 h (depending on game type)
  • Talk up to 2 - 4 h
  • Standby up to 150 - 200 h
  • Music up to 8 h
  • Radio up to 20 h
by Michael Singe
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