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"The N-Gage is Incredibly Stupid"

I've just watched a Video of how to change a game for the N-Gage.
Step by step, here we go:
1) Take the back cover off
2) Remove the battery
3) Take out the game and replace it with another one
4) Put the battery back in
5) Put the back cover back on
6) Switch the phone on
7) Wait 30 seconds for the phone to charge
8) Go into the menu
9) Click on the game icon at the very bottom
10) Wait for the game to load

In total, this process takes about 3 minutes. Oh, and another thing I didn't realise, is that the games are basically sim cards.

Sounds pretty crappy to me.

But not as cheap as a GBA SP, and to be honest, an MP3 player *needs* to be big to be of any real value, a portable console needs to be comfy and cheapish, and a phone has to actually also be practical and comfortable too.

Er, nope.

It'll be cheaper as part of a 1 year contract.

Don't forget that.

Kid at my school has one (are they even out yet?), and he says he doesn't play games on it because its too battery consuming and also the games are rubbish and too expensive. He just uses it to make phone calls (duh) and listen to music.

Would you pay £250 for it? would anyone?
Maybe those who bought their PS2s for £350 on release.

Well, one of the biggest downfalls...
:^)

TGMbloke wrote:
> A good point


Hmm, makes sense. The price of the technology will be coming down in time too, of course. And it's not unusual for new consoles to start at over £300. (Though maybe not portable stuff, yet).
We're still quite a bit bigger than the sp though...

Still, if it's small, I'll still be impressed.

Speaking of the PSP does anyone know if it will have a RF/AV output to connect it to your TV ?

Well, you've seen the wonders of what technology can do, these days - so, you never know how small this PSP really could be.

Just look at the size of the latest MP3-players... The remote-stick on my portable MiniDisc player is hardly much smaller than some of the ones I've seen!


And "ruksack"? I didn't think anybody used that word, anymore?!
It's all about the "bag" now. Short, simple and easy to say.

But I'm sure that when you're off travelling around New Zealand in the future, you'll find that to be a word your hear quite a lot, as you prepare to say your goodbye's. :)

I'm not convinced the PSP will work out to be all that portable. They were talking about fitting a fairly big screen and analogue sticks in a long time ago.
Then there's the game reader device, like a minidisk player.

Now there's a bunch of extra computer components, a phone mic, decent speaker, maybe memory stick compatability...

Portable in the sense that it comes with its own rucksack ?
(There's a word I've not used in years).
No wonder they want it to 'do' everything you need - you wouldn't be able to carry anything else.

If they can do it and make it small I'll be very impressed.

And now, you can only wonder what the PSP will be like, now that SONY have revealed their intentions of making it more than "just a hand-held games console"...


Not that this "set-back" will ever really stop idiots from buying the thing, of course. It'll still make you look ``cool´´- I'm sure! :)

Really great design for gaming, too.
Mmm ... ultimate comfort ...