"Possibly the most successful use for the TV Out function is in gaming. Games generally look good on a bigger screen, even at QVGA (320x240) resolution, and it's usually easier to play them because you can see the picture in more detail. Obviously, if you're sitting right next to the TV you'll see the pixels, but if you sit a couple of metres away on a sofa (which is what most people do with games consoles) then the graphics look much smoother.
Gaming on S60 smartphones via TV Out is possibly about to become a very big thing: Nokia is of course launching its Next Gen N-Gage platform on an as-yet-unannounced list of existing S60 smartphones some time in the Autumn, which will greatly expand the number of quality games available to S60 users (as long as they have a Next Gen N-Gage compatible model). The compatibility list is very likely to include the N95, N93 and N93i, all of which have TV Out capabilities, and TV Out may become a standard feature of new S60 models in the future."
TV out gaming on the Nokia N95 - and the future
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In another far sighted editorial, Krisse looks at TV-out gaming on the Nokia N95, seeing how well a selection of top games work on the big screen and with the aid of a Bluetooth keyboard as controller. Of course, what's really needed is a Bluetooth joystick as well...