Gadgety News

So proves the power of blogs and the consumer!

It’s been a mere week since the kerfuffle over the fact that N-Gage games were not transferable started to grab some folks attention.

Nokia has now come out and said that users will be able to take their games with them to a new handset after all - RAH!

Eventually. Hmmmm………..

According to Nokia communications manager, Oskar Södergren, some apparent “miscommunication” on Nokia’s part is apparently to blame for users being left up in the air on the matter.

He goes on to say that something had apparently led to some “mixed messages” being passed around inside Nokia as well.

He also added that Nokia has in fact “been working on a way for this to work since the relaunch, but it is taking some time for everything to fall into place.”

PC World

Ooopsy!

You fork out for some N-Gage games but you also want the latest Nokia mobile. 

You get your shiny new handset only to find that the lovely games that you’ve racked up high-scores on will have to be bought all over again. NOOOOOOoooooooooo!

Yup - the games aren’t transferrable reports All About N-Gage.

This sounded wrong to me. Afterall, an N-Gage user has the option of downloading the games to their computer first and then side-loading them over to the device.

“N-Gage activation codes only work on the device where they were first activated. As with any digital media there is a potential risk of piracy and this policy is one of the ways Nokia is dealing with piracy and ensuring partners receive their rightful revenues from its platform. If users need to repair their device, the activation codes will be reissued. Also, if you purchase a new N-Gage compatible device, you will need to purchase your games again.”

We can all dig the piracy issue but surly there should be another way - does the same happen with the ‘With Music’ tunes you’ve downloaded?

Good morning fellow Nokia N users!

N-Gage is getting a relaunch - just don’t tell Nok that I said “relaunch”.  Appararently they are trying their best to avoid using that word.

word on the street is that whilst all games will launch on the N81, with the N82 and the N95 to follow, there will also be backwards compatibility for the N73.

Rah!!

 Game on!!