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mp3.. and wav whats' the diff?
yeah they're bigger but you only need 15 sec's anyways....
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Posted: 2003-10-22 06:18:11
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it dont like it..
and its very hard to play on it(atleast tomb raider)
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Posted: 2003-10-22 07:42:17
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Unfortunate news for Nokia I guess.
Still I doubt if they really put all their eggs into one basket though. From their past experiences with "gamepad" phones (5510, 3300), they would know it would be a risk going into the gaming arena against giants like Nintendo and Sony.
Not to mention, with less than 10 games at launch, it's unlikely to make much waves.
To make things worse, even casual mobile users know that in less than a year, there'll surely be some upgraded version of the NGage. With 6600, 3660, 3620 (latter 2 upgrades to 3650) sporting an improved Series 60 interface and 65K TFT display, it sure seems likely an improved NGage is in the pipelines...
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Posted: 2003-10-22 08:23:16
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Did you guyz know that Nokia is saying that N-gage is outsold in stores in england, thats truth But they forget to say that its whas wherry few n-gage in each stores, cuz the stores dont belive thatN-gage is going to a big sucsessor so they wont take in more phones than necesary.
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Posted: 2003-10-22 15:48:34
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N-gage will most proabably be a flop. The 3300 already is a flop. But as long as Nokia maintains its leadership position, it won't be bothered by such failures.
Even
has had its share of problems...
T610... hissing and bluetooth headset support
Z600... wap/gprs browser problems
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Posted: 2003-10-22 15:58:39
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a) Christmas is coming b) many buy phones subsidized. In other words i wouldn't call this a flop at this stage...
This message was posted from a Nokia
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Posted: 2003-10-22 17:12:38
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hmmmm, the orginal post on this topic is a little misleading and out of context. its taken from an aritcle on
www.theregister.co.uk.
the statement is true that the ngage has been a sales flop in gaming stores. but then thats not the ngages core outlet - yet. the ngage is till a nokia and those wanting to buy one wil automatically associate a nokia device (no matter what its function) with a phone retailer like CPW. this most likely the main reason for the poor figures.
until CPW et all release their own sales figures we will never really know how successful the ngage has/will be. in addition i wouldnt go by any stats given by nokia as they will stats based on units shipped compared to units old which will be a big difference.
one of the major problem for the ngage is that it has no installed user base unlike the gameboy. even if
releases a ngage-esque device it would be a whole different and more successful story as sony would most likely push its gaming and PlayStation brands behind it, nokia doesnt have this oopurtunity. they havent helped themselves either by giving out pr about how they aim to take gameboys market, this would piss off nintendo and the game developers i think will listen to nintendo over nokia if you get what i mean. all the ngage has in terms of games are ports of what are in fact farely old games.
for nokia to succeed with the ngage they need to do what sony did with the playstation - lead by innovation. nintendo sold well cos of mario and sega cos of sonic. ps sold well cos it had wicked games that had never been seen before and so people wanted it. nokia need to create the need for people to own an ngage and not hope that people will buy it cos it cool and novelty - that doesnt bode well for consoles, remember the neogeo, a lot of hype but after a while no sunbstance as there was no innovation.
just my 2 cents
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Posted: 2003-10-22 17:28:32
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I dont think its strange at all that N-Gage is selling bad. It look like crap and its like a 3330 with games and mp3. I would never in my life embarise myself talking in a taco on the street.
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Posted: 2003-10-22 21:02:47
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AMSTERDAM, Oct 22 (Reuters) - Finland's Nokia (NOK1V.HE: Quote, Profile, Research) , the world's largest mobile phone maker, said on Wednesday it had sold
400,000 of its N-Gage portable game decks in the two weeks since the commercial launch on October 7.
"We've sold around 400,000 N-Gage in the first two weeks," Ilkka Raiskinen, senior vice president entertainment and media at Nokia Mobile Phones, told Reuters in a telephone interview.
The number refers to models Nokia has sold to shops and other retail outlets, but Raiskinen said sales to end-consumers were "very good in Europe and Asia Pacific". He added his company had already received follow-up orders.
Nokia has set itself a target to sell between six and nine million N-Gage devices before the end of 2004 as it challenges the dominance of Japan's Nintendo (7974.OS: Quote, Profile, Research) which controls the portable gaming market with its Gameboy Advance.
Nintendo has said it aims to sell some 20 million Gameboy Advance units in its current fiscal year which started in April.
Nokia also said that some 5,000 on-line game sessions were carried out every day by N-Gage owners. N-Gage is the first portable game deck on which players in different locations can battle against each other over the mobile phone network.
Raiskinen said Nokia would now extend its network of retail outlets for N-Gage beyond the 30,000 with which it has started. This could include electronics and gaming shops and web sites.
"We need to improve our retail presence. Most (consumers) still go the telecoms sales channels to buy an N-Gage," he said.
Most first N-Gage buyers were young men, with a big cluster of consumers around 20 years old, and a group aged around 30.
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http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=topNews&storyID=3665516
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Posted: 2003-10-22 21:31:08
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Exactly. Nokia's numbers reflect units sold to retailers, not to customers.
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Posted: 2003-10-23 06:45:56
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