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The N-Gage European Tour

Nokia has started the N-Gage promotional tour today. The first event took place in Helsinki, the capital of Finland. On the tour the N-Gage is demonstrated in action to the media and consumers. Also taking place is a Tony Hawk Pro Skater 4 contest, with a chance to win a trip to the grand final taking place in Paris.

The N-Gage is the first next generation hand held console. In addition to offering a high quality gaming experience, the N-Gage has a fully featured GSM cell phone built-in, Bluetooth wireless connectivity, audio player features, email protocol support for mobile communications and more.



The N-Gage is entering the market with no competition, as its features go far beyond the Nintendo’s GBA. Nokia has approximately a year to freely increase its market share, until the Sony Playstation Portable is released -- by the end of 2004. Sony has a whole lot of work to do before the product launch, as the PSP is currently in the planning stage.

As the retail release date is getting close, the N-Gage.com is now accepting pre-orders.

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Written by: Lasse Penttinen @ 12 Aug 2003 13:27

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• 5 comments

• unwanted

  N-Gage will never make it if these promises of the PSP are true.
  

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  12.8.2003 15:25 #1

• cd-rw.org

  The N-Gage is ready, while the PSP is only talk and written words. Sony will have a hard time getting the PSP out to the market within the promised time table (before the end of 2004)
  

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  12.8.2003 21:04 #2

• Ghostdog

  N-Gage appears to me to be something between a portable gaming machine and a light PDA. What about pricing? How much can we expect to pay for this thing?

  13.8.2003 04:59 #3

• L-deezy

  I heard it was gonna be $200-300 for that thing!! I don't think its gonna make it.
  

  Free L-dubb!! Power to the people!!!

  16.8.2003 17:10 #4

• davinci

  i like the look and feel of the n-gage, and the features are worth the price. there's going to be some really nice stuff for the online gameplay as well, according to this article from last week or so: http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/030820/205282_1.html
  
  i've got one on preorder and couldn't be more excited to check it out!

  28.8.2003 19:02 #5