The Strategy of the N-Gage And Its Platform

Jaakko Kaidesoja, Director Play New Multimedia, Nokia gives the Inquirer his thoughts and perspectives on the N-Gage Platform for 2007 and beyond.

"As you have probably been following our strategy since E3, N-Gage is no longer one device; it is evolving into a mobile gaming platform which will be supported through various devices consisting of Nokia Nseries multimedia computers and other Nokia S60 devices.

N-Gage provides a gaming service through an S60 application on your device which you can use to browse new games, download them through over the air (OTA) or over the internet (OTI) and try before you buy. There is also a backend to take care of billing through credit card or premium SMS and a website which you can access through your mobile device or PC. You can also share your gaming experience by chatting, posting reviews or playing online multiplayer games through N-Gage Arena."

To keep up to date on Nokia's plan for Next Gen N-Gage news, Krisse at AllAboutSymbian has informed us that the N-Gage Arena has a Future Watch section on its forum and has also posted a link to the Future Watch site which at this time requires a password to access.  To share your opinion on the future of N-Gage you can complete the survey.

EDIT:  The Future Watch site is now live and also features its own blog for users to contribute feedback.