>and the more recent comments I've heard about it are along the lines of "underrated system that was ahead of its time". It always had a following, but the thi

>and the more recent comments I've heard about it are along the lines of "underrated system that was ahead of its time". It always had a following, but the thing flopping wasn't because of the Slashdot crowd, it's because it just wasn't very good out of the gate. The N-Gage has an awful form factor that made it suck both as a gaming device and as a phone. Game cartridges were hidden behind the battery, button placement was awkward, and sidetalking became an early internet meme for very good reason. Nokia fixed a lot of the problems with a second generation release, but at that point the brand was largely poisoned.