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    The N-Gage (later re-released as N-Gage QD) was a failed gaming platform developed by phone manufacturer Nokia. Games in MMC-Card format were sold for the platform, and towards the end, games were available for download to your own MMC.

    The End of N-Gage

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    Edited By jeff

     Some sort of N-Gage compound or something.
     Some sort of N-Gage compound or something.
    Gadget-focused web site Pocket Lint is reporting that Nokia is finally pulling the plug on the N-Gage platform next year. I know, right? I figured they had pulled the plug on that mess years ago. But Nokia is planning to shut down the N-Gage store in September of 2010, and the service side of it--meaning the community features for all of those awesome N-Gage games you're still totally playing--will run through the end of next year.

    Of course, the N-Gage service isn't the only casualty here. There is also the robust and not-at-all-dead fan community for Nokia's cellular taco. We floated some questions past the admin of the only N-Gage-focused website worth talking about, sidetalkin.com, to see what he thought about all this.

    But first, some history. Sidetalkin.com was the spot for the sidetalkin' crazy of 2004-2005. I loved it for its amazing photos of Frank Provo, but, really, the entire site was amazing. But it was brought to a crashing halt when Nokia released the N-Gage QD, an "upgraded" version of its device that no longer required you to hold phone conversations by holding the side of the taco directly up to your stupid face. As soon as I got my idiotic hands on new QD, we sent off the photo that would shut down the site:

    No Caption Provided
     Anyway, here is the transcript of said interview:

    Giant Bomb: I figure as the world's foremost authority on sidetalkin', you must have some feelings on this important issue. What will happen to sidetalkin.com in the wake of this important news?

    Sidetalkin: I REALLY ANGER THIS QUESTION, it is not nice to me, THE SITE WILL NEVER GO AWAY like a TRAIN that is TWO LAYERS OF STEEL WITH ENGINE POWER BY WHITE GOLD NUGGETS IT CAN’T BE STOPPED…... CAN’T MEANS CANNOT!!!!!!!!!!!!

    GB: Do you feel that Nokia was right to abandon something as robust as the N-Gage and/or the N-Gage QD in favor of a software-only solution?

    ST: DO YOU FEEL THAT YOU ARE A STUPID MORON WHO DOES NOT HAVE ANY PENS??

    NOKIA was wrong 555% and i am angry, THEY REMOVE THE BEST PART END OF SENTENCE PLEASE don’t understand NOKIA ARE MY HEROES BUT THEY ARE LIKE HEROES WHO FAIL TO THE GROUND, LIKE ICARUS WHEN CRASHING INTO THE SUN.

    NOKIA™ whyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy ^_((((

    GB: If you were running Nokia, what would you have done differently to ensure N-Gage domination in the marketplace?

    ST: Firstable, SOME PEOPLE [[[not my friends]]] WOULD SAY “STEP ONE: NOT MAKE THE CUSTOMER LOOK LIKE INTERGALACTIC RETARDS WHEN USING PHONE"

    BUT SCREW IT HOLE YOU GUYS ~~~ THIS ADVICE IS 155% BULLSHITS. SIDETALKIN’ was LIKE A WELCOME TO THE FANTASY ZONE, the WORLDS #1 METHOD TO TALK AND SCREEN FORWARD SIMULTANEOUSLY.

    PROOF IS RIGHT HERE: SIDETALKING HAS NEVER BEEN SUCCESSFULLY COPIED BY ANY COMPETITOR!! not even china. BOOOOOOOOOM HEADSHOT w/sniper rifle no cheating

    so my advice would be simplest: TRY harder MORE advertising CHEAPER PRICE ALSO better ads FREE SALES AND GIVEAWAYS, finally MAYBE A HIGH-IMPACT STREET TEAM, but i guess it is now too late.

    ……………………………~~~

    HERE IS TRUE STORY NOKIA® GAVE ME MONEY TO PROMOTE NGAGE QD on sidetalking website BUT NOKIA OUT OF PROTEST I WOULD GIVE ALL YOUR DEVIL NAZI MONEY BACK NOW!!!!! would but unfortunately I’ve spent it all

    NOKIA HAS LOST ME FOREVER and now I HAVE A MOTOROLA RAZOR :( :( :( :( :( :( :(

    RIP SIDETAKLING 1903-2005

    <IMG SRC=“ANGELSTEARS.BMP” WIDTH=“32

    -Sidetalkin.Com Admin Staff, who may or may not be Cabel Sasser
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    #1  Edited By jeff

     Some sort of N-Gage compound or something.
     Some sort of N-Gage compound or something.
    Gadget-focused web site Pocket Lint is reporting that Nokia is finally pulling the plug on the N-Gage platform next year. I know, right? I figured they had pulled the plug on that mess years ago. But Nokia is planning to shut down the N-Gage store in September of 2010, and the service side of it--meaning the community features for all of those awesome N-Gage games you're still totally playing--will run through the end of next year.

    Of course, the N-Gage service isn't the only casualty here. There is also the robust and not-at-all-dead fan community for Nokia's cellular taco. We floated some questions past the admin of the only N-Gage-focused website worth talking about, sidetalkin.com, to see what he thought about all this.

    But first, some history. Sidetalkin.com was the spot for the sidetalkin' crazy of 2004-2005. I loved it for its amazing photos of Frank Provo, but, really, the entire site was amazing. But it was brought to a crashing halt when Nokia released the N-Gage QD, an "upgraded" version of its device that no longer required you to hold phone conversations by holding the side of the taco directly up to your stupid face. As soon as I got my idiotic hands on new QD, we sent off the photo that would shut down the site:

    No Caption Provided
     Anyway, here is the transcript of said interview:

    Giant Bomb: I figure as the world's foremost authority on sidetalkin', you must have some feelings on this important issue. What will happen to sidetalkin.com in the wake of this important news?

    Sidetalkin: I REALLY ANGER THIS QUESTION, it is not nice to me, THE SITE WILL NEVER GO AWAY like a TRAIN that is TWO LAYERS OF STEEL WITH ENGINE POWER BY WHITE GOLD NUGGETS IT CAN’T BE STOPPED…... CAN’T MEANS CANNOT!!!!!!!!!!!!

    GB: Do you feel that Nokia was right to abandon something as robust as the N-Gage and/or the N-Gage QD in favor of a software-only solution?

    ST: DO YOU FEEL THAT YOU ARE A STUPID MORON WHO DOES NOT HAVE ANY PENS??

    NOKIA was wrong 555% and i am angry, THEY REMOVE THE BEST PART END OF SENTENCE PLEASE don’t understand NOKIA ARE MY HEROES BUT THEY ARE LIKE HEROES WHO FAIL TO THE GROUND, LIKE ICARUS WHEN CRASHING INTO THE SUN.

    NOKIA™ whyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy ^_((((

    GB: If you were running Nokia, what would you have done differently to ensure N-Gage domination in the marketplace?

    ST: Firstable, SOME PEOPLE [[[not my friends]]] WOULD SAY “STEP ONE: NOT MAKE THE CUSTOMER LOOK LIKE INTERGALACTIC RETARDS WHEN USING PHONE"

    BUT SCREW IT HOLE YOU GUYS ~~~ THIS ADVICE IS 155% BULLSHITS. SIDETALKIN’ was LIKE A WELCOME TO THE FANTASY ZONE, the WORLDS #1 METHOD TO TALK AND SCREEN FORWARD SIMULTANEOUSLY.

    PROOF IS RIGHT HERE: SIDETALKING HAS NEVER BEEN SUCCESSFULLY COPIED BY ANY COMPETITOR!! not even china. BOOOOOOOOOM HEADSHOT w/sniper rifle no cheating

    so my advice would be simplest: TRY harder MORE advertising CHEAPER PRICE ALSO better ads FREE SALES AND GIVEAWAYS, finally MAYBE A HIGH-IMPACT STREET TEAM, but i guess it is now too late.

    ……………………………~~~

    HERE IS TRUE STORY NOKIA® GAVE ME MONEY TO PROMOTE NGAGE QD on sidetalking website BUT NOKIA OUT OF PROTEST I WOULD GIVE ALL YOUR DEVIL NAZI MONEY BACK NOW!!!!! would but unfortunately I’ve spent it all

    NOKIA HAS LOST ME FOREVER and now I HAVE A MOTOROLA RAZOR :( :( :( :( :( :( :(

    RIP SIDETAKLING 1903-2005

    <IMG SRC=“ANGELSTEARS.BMP” WIDTH=“32

    -Sidetalkin.Com Admin Staff, who may or may not be Cabel Sasser
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    #2  Edited By stripclubdj

     RIP SIDETAKLING 1903-2005

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    #3  Edited By nanikore

    No, not the taco! Nooooooooo!

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    #4  Edited By louiedog

    I think this same guy comments in the forums I visit and on the youtube videos I watch.

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    #5  Edited By Double0hFor

    goodnight sweet prince

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    #6  Edited By Jeffsekai

    lmao

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    #7  Edited By JJOR64

    I miss talking to the taco.  :(

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    #8  Edited By Damien

    I remember when the N-Gage first came out.  I wanted it and almost got it.  Oh sweet naivete.

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    #9  Edited By Majkiboy

    Quality stuff!

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    #10  Edited By Ineedaname

    What on earth have I just read?

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    #11  Edited By Vinchenzo

    Lolwut.

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    #12  Edited By Myomoto

    Shit.. I still totally use a taco as my phone...

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    #13  Edited By natetodamax

    Anyone else manage to locate N-Gage on the periodic table of the elemtns? Pretty cool.

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    #14  Edited By Sikboy1029

    That made 000% sense.

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    #15  Edited By roylink

    I remember when the N-gage was released, I thought it was a stupid concept to combibe as cellphone with a gaming device. But in the year of the iphone, it not that stupid of an idea.

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    #16  Edited By babylonian

    This is the best interview I have ever read on the internet or anywhere.

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    #17  Edited By Afroman269

    I forgot the ngage existed until now.

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    #18  Edited By darkjester74

    Best....interview...EVAR!!!  XD

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    #19  Edited By beargirl1
    @Babylonian said:
    " This is the best interview I have ever read on the internet or anywhere. "
    this.  
     
    what a sad day :( 
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    #20  Edited By ZeroCast

      
     
      NO MORE SIDE TALKIN RIP 2004- 2005
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    #21  Edited By nrain
    @louiedog said:
    "I think this same guy comments in the forums I visit and on the youtube video I watch. "
    ^^ = pure win.
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    #22  Edited By FunExplosions

    "Note: the other party will not be able to hear you, BUT WHO REALLY CRAPS A THING, SIDETALKIN' 2009++!!!"

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    1903-2005, side talkin you'll never be forgotten.

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    #24  Edited By Haze

    An original N-Gage is part of my console collection. Never got a QD though.

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    #25  Edited By niall077

    sad day indeed. 
     
    I saw my first hardcore porn on a N-gage  
     
    :(
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    #26  Edited By guiseppe

    I thought that thing died several years ago. Oh well..

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    #27  Edited By superjoe

    I'm gonna sidetalk with my iphone from now on.  I'll be like, "Speak louder, I'm sidetalkin'!"  They'll be like, "What?"  Then I'll turn on the speakerphone.

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    #28  Edited By wipu

    Great picture. I lolled :D
     
    Then there were way too many CAPS, that gave me headache :S

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    #29  Edited By nick_verissimo

    Is this real? 

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    #30  Edited By onlineatron

    The service was on other Nokia phones as well. It was the Nokia games service but was branded with the N-Gage name... so that's what's shutting down. 
     
    The actual phones and games for those platforms were killed long ago.

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    #31  Edited By gamer_152  Moderator

    That was a fine interview right there.

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    #32  Edited By Hemlock

    this is amazing

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    #33  Edited By Xander

    Nokia N900 is a much better platform anyway, akin to iPhone.

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    #34  Edited By max3000

    I'm lolin' as I'm typing this

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    #35  Edited By Jensonb

    Little known fact, Jeff Gerstmann once took an N-Gage into the past and sold it to some guy he met on the street (Who looked suspiciously like a man who would eventually work for GameSpot).
     
     

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    #36  Edited By Tiwi
    @louiedog: I'm having that feeling too
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    #37  Edited By strangeling

    YOU got NO PENS!!!??? PENS i GOT!! you NEED PENS! i give YOU PENS!! YOU PENS! GET. 
    YEAH, that is WRITE!!!

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    #38  Edited By MattyFTM  Moderator

    Man, this article makes me want to dig out my old n-gage and do some sidetalkin'. SIDETALKIN' FTW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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    #39  Edited By fisher81
    @nrain said:
    " @louiedog said:
    "I think this same guy comments in the forums I visit and on the youtube video I watch. "
    ^^ = pure win. "
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    #40  Edited By spacekatgal

    "  DO YOU FEEL THAT YOU ARE A STUPID MORON WHO DOES NOT HAVE ANY PENS??"" 
     
    Wow. That's how i'm ending my next difference of opinion with my husband. Thanks for the share! 

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    #41  Edited By buzz_killington

    "Nokia's cellular taco "

    I laughed for a few hours after reading this line.

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    #42  Edited By Kohe321

    I remember buying the first n-gage with tony hawk. It was awesome.

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    #43  Edited By VWGTI

    I was just mind fucked by that interview. It made -155% senses.

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    #44  Edited By wwfundertaker

    Goodbye taco

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    #45  Edited By ajamafalous

     BOOOOOOOOOM HEADSHOT w/sniper rifle no cheating

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    #46  Edited By Scarabus

     BOOOOOOOOOM HEADSHOT w/sniper rifle no cheating .  

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    #47  Edited By ThePelinal

    At least it lasted longer than the Gizmondo.

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    #48  Edited By ZombiePie  Staff

    Ahh I remember when gaming websites had tabs for the N-Gage and then everyone realized it was a piece of crap and dropped support for it in an instant.
     

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    #49  Edited By MjHealy

    OK then... I mean your only holding a phone sideways....

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    #50  Edited By Venatio
    @Jensonb: Dude I just watched that entire thing, Time trotters was awesome, damn I miss the old Gamespot

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