<s>
The	O
N-Gage	B-Operating_System
is	O
a	O
smartphone	B-Application
combining	O
features	O
of	O
a	O
mobile	O
phone	O
and	O
a	O
handheld	B-Application
game	I-Application
system	I-Application
developed	O
by	O
Nokia	O
,	O
announced	O
on	O
4	O
November	O
2002	O
and	O
released	O
on	O
7	O
October	O
2003	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
runs	O
the	O
original	O
Series	B-Language
60	I-Language
platform	I-Language
on	O
Symbian	B-Operating_System
OS	I-Operating_System
v6.1	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
N-Gage	B-Operating_System
attempted	O
to	O
lure	O
gamers	O
away	O
from	O
the	O
Game	B-Device
Boy	I-Device
Advance	I-Device
by	O
including	O
telephone	O
functionality	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
original	O
N-Gage	B-Operating_System
was	O
described	O
as	O
resembling	O
a	O
taco	O
,	O
which	O
led	O
to	O
its	O
mocking	O
nickname	O
"	O
taco	B-Device
phone	I-Device
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Nokia	O
introduced	O
the	O
N-Gage	B-Application
QD	I-Application
in	O
2004	O
as	O
a	O
redesign	O
of	O
the	O
original	O
"	O
Classic	O
"	O
N-Gage	B-Operating_System
,	O
fixing	O
widely	O
criticized	O
issues	O
and	O
design	O
problems	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
However	O
,	O
the	O
new	O
model	O
was	O
unable	O
to	O
make	O
an	O
impact	O
,	O
and	O
with	O
only	O
2	O
million	O
units	O
sold	O
in	O
its	O
two	O
years	O
,	O
the	O
N-Gage	B-Operating_System
and	O
its	O
QD	O
model	O
were	O
a	O
commercial	O
failure	O
,	O
unable	O
to	O
challenge	O
their	O
Nintendo	O
rival	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
N-Gage	B-Operating_System
was	O
discontinued	O
in	O
February	O
2006	O
,	O
with	O
Nokia	O
moving	O
its	O
gaming	O
capabilities	O
onto	O
selected	O
Series	B-Language
60	I-Language
smartphones	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
was	O
announced	O
as	O
the	O
N-Gage	B-Operating_System
platform	I-Operating_System
or	I-Operating_System
"	I-Operating_System
N-Gage	I-Operating_System
2.0	I-Operating_System
"	I-Operating_System
in	O
2007	O
,	O
carrying	O
on	O
the	O
N-Gage	B-Operating_System
name	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
N-Gage	B-Operating_System
is	O
used	O
in	O
a	O
wide	O
physical	O
form	O
with	O
a	O
2.1	O
inch	O
TFT	O
display	O
in	O
the	O
centre	O
with	O
a	O
D-pad	B-Device
to	O
the	O
left	O
and	O
numerical	O
keys	O
to	O
the	O
right	O
,	O
among	O
other	O
buttons	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Instead	O
of	O
using	O
cables	O
,	O
multiplayer	O
gaming	O
was	O
accomplished	O
with	O
Bluetooth	B-Protocol
or	O
the	O
Internet	O
(	O
via	O
the	O
N-Gage	B-Device
Arena	I-Device
service	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
N-Gage	B-Operating_System
also	O
included	O
MP3	O
and	O
Real	O
Audio/Video	O
playback	O
and	O
PDA-like	O
features	O
into	O
the	O
system	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Besides	O
its	O
gaming	O
capabilities	O
,	O
the	O
N-Gage	B-Operating_System
was	O
a	O
Series	B-Language
60	I-Language
smartphone	B-Application
,	O
running	O
Symbian	B-Operating_System
OS	I-Operating_System
6.1	O
,	O
with	O
features	O
similar	O
to	O
those	O
of	O
the	O
Nokia	B-Language
3650	I-Language
(	O
it	O
does	O
not	O
have	O
an	O
integrated	O
camera	O
,	O
however	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
able	O
to	O
run	O
all	O
Series	B-Language
60	I-Language
software	O
(	O
other	O
than	O
those	O
that	O
require	O
a	O
camera	O
)	O
,	O
and	O
Java	B-Language
MIDP	B-Language
applications	O
as	O
well	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Its	O
main	O
CPU	O
was	O
an	O
ARM	O
Integrated	O
(	O
ARMI	O
)	O
compatible	O
chip	O
(	O
ARM4T	O
architecture	O
)	O
running	O
at	O
104MHz	O
,	O
the	O
same	O
as	O
the	O
Nokia	B-Language
7650	I-Language
and	O
3650	O
phones	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Around	O
2000	O
,	O
gamers	O
increasingly	O
carried	O
both	O
mobile	O
phones	O
and	O
handheld	B-Application
game	I-Application
consoles	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Nokia	O
spotted	O
an	O
opportunity	O
to	O
combine	O
these	O
devices	O
into	O
one	B-Language
unit	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Nokia	O
announced	O
in	O
November	O
2002	O
that	O
they	O
would	O
develop	O
the	O
N-Gage	B-Operating_System
,	O
a	O
device	O
that	O
integrated	O
these	O
two	O
devices	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
For	O
both	O
the	O
N-Gage	B-Operating_System
and	O
Nokia	O
7600	O
,	O
he	O
wrote	O
ringtones	O
in	O
a	O
variety	O
of	O
popular	O
dance	O
genres	O
,	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
creating	O
a	O
small	O
set	O
of	O
sounds	O
inspired	O
by	O
1980s	O
arcade	O
games	O
;	O
he	O
chose	O
to	O
compose	O
those	O
in	O
a	O
chiptune	O
style	O
as	O
music	O
in	O
video	O
games	O
of	O
the	O
time	O
did	O
not	O
stand	O
out	O
as	O
sounding	O
distinctively	O
game-related	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
With	O
a	O
launch	O
price	O
of	O
US$299	O
(	O
)	O
,	O
the	O
N-Gage	B-Operating_System
was	O
not	O
commercially	O
popular	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
its	O
first	O
weeks	O
of	O
availability	O
in	O
the	O
United	O
States	O
,	O
it	O
was	O
outsold	O
by	O
the	O
Game	B-Device
Boy	I-Device
Advance	I-Device
100	O
to	O
1	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
February	O
2004	O
,	O
with	O
the	O
N-Gage	B-Operating_System
failing	O
to	O
make	O
a	O
major	O
impact	O
four	O
months	O
on	O
,	O
CEO	O
Jorma	O
Ollila	O
claimed	O
that	O
the	O
device	O
would	O
be	O
given	O
until	O
2005	O
to	O
be	O
judged	O
whether	O
it	O
was	O
a	O
success	O
or	O
failure	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
January	O
2005	O
,	O
UK	O
sales-tracking	O
firm	O
ChartTrack	O
dropped	O
the	O
N-Gage	B-Operating_System
from	O
its	O
regular	O
ELSPA	O
chart	O
,	O
commenting	O
that	O
"	O
The	O
N-Gage	B-Operating_System
chart	O
,	O
though	O
still	O
produced	O
,	O
is	O
of	O
little	O
interest	O
to	O
anyone	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Although	O
only	O
directly	O
reflective	O
of	O
the	O
UK	O
market	O
,	O
this	O
was	O
interpreted	O
by	O
some	O
as	O
a	O
serious	O
blow	O
to	O
the	O
N-Gage	B-Operating_System
as	O
a	O
viable	O
gaming	O
platform	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Despite	O
this	O
,	O
Nokia	O
reaffirmed	O
their	O
commitment	O
to	O
the	O
N-Gage	B-Operating_System
as	O
a	O
platform	O
,	O
to	O
the	O
point	O
where	O
a	O
new	O
version	O
of	O
the	O
hardware	O
was	O
rumored	O
after	O
GDC	O
2005	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
November	O
2005	O
,	O
Nokia	O
admitted	O
that	O
the	O
N-Gage	B-Operating_System
failed	O
,	O
selling	O
only	O
one-third	O
of	O
the	O
company	O
's	O
expectations	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Nokia	O
did	O
continue	O
N-Gage	B-Operating_System
promotions	O
at	O
E3	O
2006	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
October	O
2006	O
,	O
Nokia	O
released	O
the	O
last	O
game	O
for	O
the	O
N-Gage	B-Application
QD	I-Application
,	O
combat	O
racer	O
Payload	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
of	O
August	O
2007	O
,	O
it	O
was	O
estimated	O
that	O
Nokia	O
had	O
shipped	O
more	O
than	O
two	O
million	O
N-Gage	B-Operating_System
game	O
decks	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
"	O
N-Gage	B-Operating_System
"	O
brand	O
name	O
still	O
had	O
a	O
poor	O
reputation	O
within	O
the	O
gaming	O
media	O
and	O
among	O
the	O
few	O
consumers	O
who	O
recognized	O
the	O
N-Gage	B-Operating_System
brand	O
,	O
due	O
to	O
the	O
weakness	O
of	O
the	O
system	O
's	O
first	O
games	O
and	O
the	O
original	O
model	O
's	O
limitations	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
There	O
is	O
some	O
disagreement	O
in	O
sources	O
about	O
the	O
actual	O
number	O
of	O
N-Gage	B-Operating_System
decks	O
sold	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
However	O
,	O
independent	O
market	O
research	O
firms	O
Chart-Track	O
and	O
Arcadia	O
Research	O
claimed	O
that	O
the	O
N-Gage	B-Operating_System
had	O
sold	O
only	O
5,000	O
decks	O
in	O
the	O
United	O
States	O
in	O
that	O
time	O
,	O
and	O
800	O
decks	O
in	O
the	O
UK	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Nokia	O
ultimately	O
shipped	O
3	O
million	O
N-Gage	B-Operating_System
decks	O
by	O
2007	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Pocket	B-Language
Kingdom	I-Language
:	I-Language
Own	I-Language
the	I-Language
World	I-Language
received	O
a	O
handful	O
of	O
glowing	O
reviews	O
when	O
it	O
was	O
released	O
,	O
and	O
Pathway	B-Application
to	I-Application
Glory	I-Application
was	O
Nokia	O
's	O
first	O
self-published	O
success	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
These	O
games	O
came	O
perhaps	O
too	O
late	O
to	O
have	O
much	O
effect	O
in	O
improving	O
the	O
perception	O
of	O
the	O
N-Gage	B-Operating_System
hardware	O
itself	O
in	O
the	O
eyes	O
of	O
consumers	O
or	O
press	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Another	O
feature	O
was	O
that	O
the	O
speaker	O
and	O
microphone	O
were	O
located	O
on	O
the	O
side	O
edge	O
of	O
the	O
phone	O
;	O
this	O
often	O
resulted	O
in	O
many	O
describing	O
it	O
as	O
talking	O
into	O
a	O
"	O
taco	B-Device
phone	I-Device
"	O
or	O
"	O
Sidetalking	O
"	O
,	O
or	O
simply	O
that	O
they	O
had	O
one	B-Language
very	O
large	O
ear	O
,	O
because	O
the	O
user	O
held	O
the	O
edge	O
of	O
the	O
phone	O
against	O
the	O
cheek	O
in	O
order	O
to	O
talk	O
into	O
it	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
new	O
N-Gage	B-Operating_System
,	O
also	O
referred	O
to	O
as	O
N-Gage	B-Operating_System
Next	O
Gen	O
or	O
N-Gage	B-Operating_System
2.0	I-Operating_System
,	O
saw	O
a	O
change	O
in	O
concept	O
as	O
Nokia	O
explained	O
to	O
the	O
world	O
during	O
E3	O
2005	O
that	O
they	O
were	O
planning	O
on	O
putting	O
N-Gage	B-Operating_System
inside	O
several	O
of	O
their	O
smartphone	B-Application
devices	O
,	O
rather	O
than	O
releasing	O
a	O
specific	O
device	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
August	O
2007	O
,	O
the	O
new	O
N-Gage	B-Operating_System
platform	O
was	O
finalised	O
and	O
was	O
released	O
in	O
April	O
2008	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
compatible	O
on	O
many	O
Symbian	B-Language
S60	I-Language
smartphones	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Before	O
the	O
launch	O
of	O
Nokia	O
's	O
first	O
in-house	O
N-Gage	B-Operating_System
title	O
,	O
Pathway	B-Application
to	I-Application
Glory	I-Application
,	O
a	O
one	B-Language
level	O
demo	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
was	O
released	O
to	O
journalists	O
to	O
allow	O
them	O
to	O
sample	O
the	O
game	O
,	O
and	O
understand	O
the	O
concepts	O
behind	O
the	O
turn	O
based	O
wargame	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
demo	O
was	O
subsequently	O
placed	O
on	O
the	O
N-Gage.com	O
website	O
as	O
a	O
free	O
download	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Undaunted	O
by	O
the	O
16	O
MB	O
download	O
size	O
,	O
fans	O
jumped	O
on	O
the	O
Pathway	B-Application
to	I-Application
Glory	I-Application
demo	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
There	O
are	O
58	O
full	O
titles	O
available	O
for	O
N-Gage	B-Operating_System
,	O
but	O
only	O
56	O
of	O
these	O
saw	O
North	O
American	O
releases	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
titles	O
that	O
were	O
not	O
released	O
in	O
North	O
America	O
are	O
:	O
Flo-Boarding	B-Application
(	O
Germany	O
and	O
UK	O
only	O
)	O
and	O
Sega	B-Application
Rally	I-Application
(	O
Australia	O
and	O
Brazil	O
only	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
All	O
but	O
three	O
of	O
these	O
titles	O
(	O
Payload	O
,	O
Snakes	B-Language
,	O
Virtua	B-Language
Cop	I-Language
)	O
were	O
available	O
for	O
retail	O
purchase	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Pandemonium	B-Application
!	I-Application
</s>
<s>
Along	O
with	O
those	O
listed	O
above	O
,	O
one	B-Language
more	O
game	O
was	O
bundled	O
with	O
the	O
N-Gage	B-Operating_System
(	O
on	O
the	O
Support	O
CD	O
)	O
:	O
an	O
exclusive	O
version	O
of	O
Space	B-Language
Impact	I-Language
Evolution	I-Language
X	I-Language
,	O
that	O
was	O
later	O
made	O
available	O
to	O
Symbian	B-Language
S60v2	I-Language
phones	O
.	O
</s>
