GLOBAL – Nokia has given the nod to motion control gaming on N-Gage, via an updated version of a game called Bounce Boing Voyage. The first N-Gage game to exploit the accelerometer hidden beneath the skin of N-Gage friendly handsets including the Nokia N79, N82, N85, N95, N95 8GB, N96 and 6210 Navigator, the motion control version of Bounce Boing Voyage is slated to launch later this spring.
Read on to find out how the motion control action plays out, and more details including its showcase at this week’s Game Developers Conference (GDC) in San Francisco.
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SINGAPORE, Asia – Singapore is the latest location to have its ears filled with unlimited music downloads courtesy of Comes With Music, debuting in Asia on the Nokia 5800, N96, N85, N79, 5320 and 5220 XpressMusic over the weekend.
Leaping from continent to continent, last week Comes With Music was announced for Australia with the Nokia 5800. But the Singaporean release sees five Comes With Music enabled handsets go on sale, including a couple of brand new colours. Read on to find out more.
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NEW YORK, USA – News of the N97 injected an understandable yet near-paralyzingly excited and blinkered view on the Nokia of tomorrow, but with the N85 and N79 landing Stateside today it pulls pertinent focus on the Nokia and Nseries of today. See, here’s a duo of handsets that, like the N97, were keen to innovate in classic Nseries style – the N85 in part with it’s OLED and battery talents, while the N79 shook things up with its custom design quirks.
So with this in mind, it seems only fitting to revisit these devices, and highlight some of the videos and articles that engaged back when the N85 and N79 were first showcased to the world back in August.
Click through for the full lowdown and videos.
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ESPOO, Finland – I’d been waiting a long time to be given an N85 and an E71 (that weren’t prototypes). Yeah, you’d think phones would be growing on trees here in Nokia Central, but that isn’t so. You still need a rock solid business reason (to buy one) and the right connections (to get one from the marketing stash) to land a phone here.
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ESPOO, Finland – If there is one constant in this whacky tech industry, it’s that products get faster and better. Every so often, I get a good glimpse at our future portfolio, and comparing it with the advances we’ve had in the past years, this constant holds.
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LONDON, England - I have on my desk three boxes. One contained the N96 currently residing in my pocket, the other contains the 5310 I’ll start playing with when Comes With Music launches on Thursday and the third is the N85 I’ve got to play with Nokia viNe. Why does all that matter? Well, it’s all to do with the boxes, actually. See, the difference in size, between the N96 and the N85 is huge. Or at least, the N96 box is huge, whilst the N85 isn’t.
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ESPOO, Finland – Today I’d like to take the opportunity to point out an article by a respected journalist that was well written and balanced (like always), but also a bit off.
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GLOBAL – The emergence of this intriguing pair of Nseries handsets has triggered a stack of interesting stories (and unusual ideas). Get the full lowdown on the N85 and the N79, with insights into each device, the people behind them, and the services emerging in their wake.
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GLOBAL – Nokia has given the nod to motion control gaming on N-Gage, via an updated version of a game called Bounce Boing Voyage. The first N-Gage game to exploit the accelerometer hidden beneath the skin of N-Gage friendly handsets including the Nokia N79, N82, N85, N95, N95 8GB, N96 and 6210 Navigator, the motion control version of Bounce Boing Voyage is slated to launch later this spring.
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