Who about a full first person RPG on your N-Gage? With input from the original design team of Elder Scrolls, Nokia and Wir2L Studios will be releasing "The Elder Scrolls Travels: Shadowkey" in Q4 2004. Todd Howard, executive producer comments that "the N-Gage platform is clearly delivering the best 3D experience we've ever seen on a mobile device." Nokia promised some big names and titles, let's hope there's more like this.
A developer named as AnotherGuest has done a UIQ port of PicoDrive which is an initial attempt to make a MegaDrive/Genesis emulator for Pocket PC, using Cyclone 68000 as the CPU core.Read the full story here.Note that the emulator is still in early development stage.A Series 60 version is being developed also.Latest build of PicoDrive with Cyclone core 0.67 is attached.
So the N-Gage QD has fewer features than the N-Gage "Classic", but does this make it a lesser device, or is the very fact that it is different a positive boon? Jim tots up the pros and cons of the QD. Do you agree with his findings?
Sony Ericsson has announced that they will have a new President on June 22. Current President Mr Katsumi Ihara will return to Sony Japan to take up the post of Executive Deputy President and Group Chief Strategy Officer & Chief Financial Officer of Sony Corporation in Japan, and will be replaced by Mr Miles Flint, currently President, European Marketing of Sony Europe. Given the recent improvements of Slaes figures of SE phones, it's safe to say that SE is now on a sound financial footing, and is looking to exploit it's market position.
Allack have been in touch with All About N-Gage, with the simple phrase "I am physicall holding a copy of Marcel Desailly Pro Soccer." The games drought is officially over! You can purchase Marcel from Allack, and they're happy to ship worldwide.
Ewan's been getting ready for a long hot summer by reviewing Jamdat's Lemonade Tycoon. Managing and selling cold juice to sweltering passers by is the aim of this management game, but is it an Arsene Wenger or a David Brent? Let's find out.
Stan Lee's watching over us. Activision and Nokia today announced "Spiderman 2" for the Nokia N-Gage, with 4 3-D Levels and 15 2-D Levels. But is it a fighting game? Or action adventure? Apart from a useful quote that it will "provide a challenging arena to combat a wide range of enemies" we don't know. Spiderman 2 will be availaable in the summer of 2004.
The Fairground Photo Contest vote is open. You now have 6 photos with which to pick you favourite(s). *View Photos & Vote by Clicking Here* Poll closes on 2nd May 2004! & Good Luck to all who entered.
No matter where you are, the mobile version of All About N-Gage is available. With all the functionality and content of the main web site, All About N-Gage Mobile is the most comprehensive site you visit using the built in N-Gage Software. Bookmark it now. We're working on the mobile version of All About Symbian as well...
ExCel have announced that the 2004 Symbian Exposium will be held at the ExCel Exhibition and Conference Centre in London's Docklands on Tuesday 5th and Wednesday 6th October 2004. Details here. There are no details (yet) on the events at this year's Exposium's yet, but if it runs similar to last year's event expect a trade show, keynotes speeches from significant figures in the Symbian ecosystem, developer briefings and some interesting product releases. Information on last year's Exposium can be found on Symbian's site.
Jim's been gathering links to N-Gage QD Coverage from around the web. What do other sites think? Did anyone really love it? Or loath it? Here's some recommended reading.
Jim and Ewan caught up with Ilkka Raiskinen at the recent launch of the N-Gage QD, and managed to find out a bit more about the N-Gage family, the man overseeing it inside Nokia, and (perhaps) some UK Sales Figures as well. Read the full interview here.
