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Brief: Looks like N-Gage isn’t going live until 2008, for anyone

Categories: Nokia
By: , IntoMobile
Thursday, December 20th, 2007 at 11:51 PM

Nokia’s N-Gage software platform was unveiled in August of this year with a promised launch date of November. It has since then been pushed back to December with only owners of the N81 being privileged to trial it. Now the official Nokia N-Gage blog is saying no one will get it until 2008 because of a bug that they don’t give any information about.

The only reason this is late is because Nokia was confident enough to give a release date all the way back in August. If they shut their mouths and just delivered when it was ready then the world, and this editor especially, wouldn’t be as upset.

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Stefan Constantinescu (@WhatTheBit on Twitter) has loved technology since as far back as he can remember. It started with computers, but in the past few years his passion has turned to mobile devices. As a mobile phone enthusiast who lives and breathes devices that connect to the internet, he knows he is not alone with this radical fascination of all things wireless. He is strongly opinionated and enjoys a good debate so leave comments in his posts and he’ll get back to you! Stefan began blogging as a hobby in the fall of 2006 and joined IntoMobile in the summer of 2007. Later he got a job at Nokia in March 2008, but as of June 2009 he has rejoined the IntoMobile team. He is currently based out of Helsinki, Finland.

  • Bazza

    I don’t mind as long as its worth the wait and they really are fixing things up.

  • Stefan Constantinescu

    i don’t mind the wait either, but it is making them look bad for announcing a date and then not hitting their targets.

  • NZtechfreak

    Making them look very bad really, the reaction this has garnered around many forums is pretty bad (and yes, that is understatement).

    I don’t mind the wait too much, as long as its worth it. Ocarina of Time was delayed several times and well worth the wait, and while I don’t think NGage will reach the same gaming pinacle, from the play around I had at Nokiaworld it looks like it will satisfy my mobile gaming needs.