N-Gage relaunch pushed back to December

by Kyle Orland { Nov 5th 2007 at 2:27PM }

Those of you clamoring for the glorious return of Nokia's N-Gage brand (both of you) will have to wait a little longer to enjoy the unified-cell-phone-gaming-platform goodness. Originally planned for a September launch, Nokia later announced a worldwide November launch for the platform, and now a Reuters story reveals the launch has been pushed back to December. "Software testing is taking a bit more time than what we had expected," Nokia spokesperson Kari Tuutti told the news agency. "We are talking about a couple of weeks."

While the N-Gage name has become a bit of a joke in gaming circles, the new focus on standardized games that can play on a variety of handsets has some potential. Here's hoping Nokia manages to make us care about cell phone gaming ~~again~~ for the first time when this thing finally sees the light of day.

Tags: delay, N-Gage, nokia, relaunch

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

Shagittarius @ Nov 5th 2007 2:36PM

Is this pushed back good or pushed back bad?

ColossalHat @ Nov 5th 2007 2:37PM

So let me get this straight, testing software on a product you already released is taking more time than you thought it would? Funny I'd have thought it should work from the first time around. Good thing nobody wants this thing, else there'd be an outcry of sorts.

Hmm, comedy commands me to say this....
Joystiq is TOBIAS!

DiRT @ Nov 5th 2007 3:24PM

No, this is the PS2 to the N-Gage PS1. It's not the same platform they already released.

ColossalHat @ Nov 5th 2007 2:38PM

I would think they're one and the same for this product.

ColossalHat @ Nov 5th 2007 2:39PM

Damned reply system...

Undead Priest @ Nov 5th 2007 2:44PM

Is the guy in the photo praying to the N-Gage deity or is he constipated?

X18999 @ Nov 5th 2007 2:52PM

Side talking

Mainman @ Nov 5th 2007 6:41PM

Visual metaphor about the size/functionality of the original.

GRANTED @ Nov 5th 2007 2:45PM

that picture bothers me more than i think it should. i will see it in my nightmares.

WiNG @ Nov 5th 2007 2:45PM

what next, game.com 2?

Sean @ Nov 5th 2007 2:47PM

lmao That thing was useless.

Undead Priest @ Nov 5th 2007 2:51PM

Nintendo completely ripped off game.com's touch screen!

Pawsaldo @ Nov 5th 2007 3:12PM

God I hope its vastly improved from the first version, I games tested one of them for a week. Luckily the game was pretty awesome...

However the N-Gage was awful really uncomfortable and died a lot.

creid @ Nov 5th 2007 3:27PM

They should really consider pushing it back to never.

DiRT @ Nov 5th 2007 3:29PM

I had an N-Gage QD for a long time. It was actually a nice phone, considering I usually go for the "free" phone I get when I renew my contract. The games weren't all bad. Some, like Pathway to Glory and Asphalt 2 were really good for playing in 10 - 20 minute spurts while waiting somewhere. I just got a new Samsung phone, so unless Nokia can make the app play on my new handset, it looks like I'm out this round.

Timo710 @ Nov 5th 2007 3:31PM

http://sidetalking.com/Images-General/MVC-018F.jpg

ComicShaman @ Nov 5th 2007 3:39PM

Why do you stick with a brand name that is so thoroughly tainted? The name "N-Gage" has become a punch line... deservedly so. At least come up with a new brand name.

Then again, we are talking about a company that tried to frame "sidetalkin'" as some kind of cool feature rather than the pants-on-head retarded design flaw that it actually was. They've got chutzpah, at least. Maybe not much in the way of brains, but chutzpah.