Get N-Gage on your N-Series
Nokia have today released more information on the eagerly awaited N-Gage application. The expected release date is now set for November 2007 although some new N series phones will come prepackaged with a demo of the software.
Also announced today are details of phones that will initially be compatible with the N-Gage software and these are:
- Nokia N73
- Nokia N81
- Nokia N81 8GB
- Nokia N93
- Nokia N93i
- Nokia N95
- Nokia N95 8GB
To herald the new launch, the N-Gage website has also been redesigned.
Games that will initially be available are set to include:
- Hooked on: Creatures of the Deep
- Asphalt 3: Street rules
- Snakes Subsonic
- Mile High Pinball
- Brothers in Arms
- The Sims 2: Pets
- Midnight Pool 3D
- Pros Series Golf
- Space Impact Kappa Base
- Dogz
- World Series of poker
- ONE
- Block Breaker Deluxe
- Brain Challenge
- System Rush:evolution
- Bounce Boing Voyage
And what of the new phones announced? There are two handsets with 8GB memory, the N81 and the N95, although both of these will also be available with lower built in memory and the option to increase it with expansion cards.
The N81 will have dedicated music and gaming keys, a 3.5 mm headphone connector and WLAN connectivity. And for a machine that is hearalding the relaunch of Nokia’s gaming platform, it will also have a 2 megapixel camera built in, something lacking from the original N-Gage handsets.