Nokia N-Gage won't do Business (2.0)

James on MMS Memo, publishes a (rare and baffling) negative review of Nokia's N-Gage which he received in a newsletter, the author of which James feels, has missed the point that that online ubiquitous gaming is in fact - nothing short of a revolution.

""First, the device is huge, comparable in size to an older-model Nintendo joystick. Second, you can't put the device flush against your face to talk, but must hold it almost perpendicular to your head. Third, and perhaps most damaging, the N-Gage is expected to cost consumers $299 -- that's $200 more than a Game Boy Advance, and far more than most heavily subsidized cell phones cost these days. Finally, expecting people to play networked games over the current cell-phone network (where max speeds in the United States hit 30 to 40 kilobits per second) is simply ludicrous."

emily | 3:10 PM | SMS and Gaming |
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