Category: Mobile Computing

N-Gage QD – Another Classic Nokia Slide

Posted on April 15, 2004 by Ewan Spence

The in-depth article on the N-Gage QD is over at All About N-Gage, but my blog thought is a simple one. Why is it every Nokia event needs a trippy slide? At the N-Gage QD launch, the above masterpiece was on show. It illustrates (and brace yourself) the DNA of the Gaming World, alongside the DNA of Nokia, and how elements are selected and put together through gene splicing to create a market space for the N-Gage I want this slide, I want whatever they are smoking, and I want to know how a marketspace can be made up of

N-Gage-A-Go-Go (take 2)

Posted on April 14, 2004 by Ewan Spence

After a long night, almost all the N-Gage 2 (sorry, N-Gage QD) info is available on All About N-Gage. I’m off to the Press Launch, all my thoughts will be blogged here and there afterwards. Stay tuned.

N-Gage 2 Comparison Checklist

Posted on April 10, 2004 by Ewan Spence

Jim and I are going to a mystery Nokia Press Event on Wednesday 14th. No idea what it is (sic) but when you’re asked to reply to ngage@xxxxxxxx.xxx it’s a bit of a giveaway that it’s the soon to be launched N-Gage 2. Jim’s wishlist for the N-Gage 2 is here, so in the best interests of stealing a good meme, here’s mine. The death of Side Talking. It’s not that bad, but then I’m the only person in the universe to actually enjoy the first N-Gage – Pretty much confirmed. Hot Swapping MMC Slot. Heck the 9210 could manage

The N-Gage is a Success… Really

Posted on April 9, 2004 by Ewan Spence

I’ve posted two more articles on Gaming Headlines. The first is a short featurette about the N-Gage and why the networks are going to keep pushing the ARPU driving machine at you. The second is a review of the MMC Game Card Keychain Holder.

Vexed UIQ Quick Progress Update

Posted on April 8, 2004 by Ewan Spence

Finally cracked the menu bug – now when you tap the UIQ menu, it actually shows the menu and performs the action. The beta build of this is now in the hads of the playtesters, and hopefully I’ll get their reports back, polish it over the Easter weekend and relase it to the world on Tuesday. There are still a few things I need to add in… Rescale the maps between the levels that show your progress. Show the number of blocks left on each level to fill in the nasty big white gap (much like the 9210 versions left

The Tariff of the Gods

Posted on April 2, 2004 by Ewan Spence

Let me tell you about my mobile phone tariff. It costs me 50p per day (so that’s roughly �15 per month, what looks to be the starting basic price for most monthly tarrifs in the UK). For that 50p, I get 50 minutes. Every day. And once I run out of minutes, calls are 1p per minute. And (unlike almost every other contract) 0845 (so called ‘national’ numbers) are included in those 50 mintues. As are data calls (at 9,600bps only mind you, no HSCSD). Which means that I can be online, over GSM for 50 minutes every day, for