One of the brave but unsuccessful plays from Nokia during their glory years was the N-Gage, an attempt to merge a Symbian smartphone and a handheld game console. It may not have managed to ...

Supports multiplayer games via Bluetooth. Based on Nokia's Series 60 platform. Also integrates a full-featured tri-band GSM world phone, MMS, MP3 playback, and stereo FM radio.

It’s true for the Virtual Boy, the Atari Jaguar, and of course, the Nokia N-Gage. For those not familiar, this was a quirky competitor of the Game Boy Advance that was also a cell phone.

If you buy through a BGR link, we may earn an affiliate commission, helping support our expert product labs. Today marks a huge step towards the official release of the N-Gage successor.

This update improves on the original N-Gage in many ways, including a smaller size, lower price, brighter display, longer battery life, and a hot-swappable game card slot that is easier to access.