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Originally Posted by Stinger
According to Nokia, the N-Gage actually made a profit too, no doubt because it was based on existing components, including the software.
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The N-Gage was based on existing components and operating system poorly suited to gaming. It also failed to live up to Nokia's grandiose expectations. There must be hundreds of thousands of N-Gages sitting in a landfill. The N-Gage was never customized for the American market. When the original N-Gage was released the dominant US carriers used CDMA, not GSM. Since then the situation has changed. Jack of All Trades devices seldom succeed in the US.
The N-Gage could never quite live up to my smartphone needs because it runs Symbian, not Palm or Windows Mobile.