February 23, 2004

Nokia Admits N-Gage is a Dud

Stop the presses! Nokia admits that N-Gage has been a bomb sales-wise. Now there is a shocker. Ever since we saw the clueless N-Gage heads at least year's E3 show, where there were more Nokia people manning the booth than actual conference attendees, we knew something was amiss. Don't count Nokia out, big goliaths like them and Microsoft have a habit of striking back with their 2.0 or 3.0 version of their products. In a strategy probably aimed at burying the bad news before releasing the good, Nokia's CEO, Jorma Ollila, has admitted that the N-Gage is bombing. Ollila's insisting that its first games machine has to be given until November 2005 before it can be judged a failure. Do you agree or disagree? What are your thoughts? Comment on the discussion forum. [Discussion]