N-Gage
Hello there,
I have an N-gage in front of me right now, lemme give you a mini review. I got it as part of a cell/mobile contract upgrade for £30 in the UK, ($45US?).
The bad points first; Setting up web access on this thing is impossible without someone on tech support steering you through every setting, same with email. I have had it a week and I STILL can't get the real1 player to stream. There are settings nested inside settings; its crazy. It's too new for the tech guys to give me an answer on real so I am waiting on that one..
It is seriously WIERD to use as a phone, you have to hold the flat edge up to your ear and its easy to get it the wrong way round, i.e. earphone at your mouth and vice versa.
OK, the good points...
It records music in AAC format and the music sounds better than any cell phone on the planet, imho.
Everyone I have shown Tomb Raider to, has had to scrape their jaws off the floor afterwards. Picture Tomb Raider 1 on a PS1, inside a phone. No lame fake 3D, its the real deal.
The email system is as fast as dial up on a PC. By this I mean attachments being sent like JPEGS.
In summary, if you buy phones outright and run them on a pay as you go basis, this is not a good buy. If you use contract phones then give it some thought, the games are a match for dedicated handhelds, the MP3 player is very good, and the screen is bright and clear making its built in organiser software easy to use.
