With a launch price of US $299, the N-Gage was not commercially popular. The N-Gage also included MP3 and Real Audio/Video playback and PDA-like features into the system. Instead of using cables, multiplayer gaming was accomplished with Bluetooth or the Internet (via the N-Gage Arena service). Nokia announced in November 2002 that they would develop the N-Gage, a device that integrated these two devices. Nokia spotted an opportunity to combine these devices into one unit. In the late 1990s, gamers increasingly carried both mobile phones and handheld game consoles. This was announced as the N-Gage platform or "N-Gage 2.0" in 2007, carrying on the N-Gage name. It was discontinued in November 2005, with Nokia moving its gaming capabilities on selected Series 60 smartphones. However it was unable to make an improving impact, and with only 2 million units sold in its two years, the N-Gage and its QD model have been a commercial failure. Nokia introduced the N-Gage QD in 2004 as re-design to the original "Classic" N-Gage, fixing widely criticized issues and design problems. This was unsuccessful, partly because the buttons, designed for a phone, were not well-suited for gaming and when used as a phone the original N-Gage was described as resembling a " taco", which led to it becoming a well-known mocking nickname along with the "Frankenphone". N-Gage attempted to lure gamers away from the Game Boy Advance by including mobile phone functionality. It runs on the original Series 60 on Symbian OS v6.1. The N-Gage (a pun on engage) is a feature phone and handheld game system from Nokia, announced on 4 November 2002 and released on 7 October 2003. MMC, 3.4 MB internal memory (1st gen N-Gage) For the mobile gaming service, see N-Gage (service).
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