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The N-Gage service (also referred to as N-Gage 2.0) was Nokia's mobile gaming platform that is available for several Symbian S60 smartphones from Nokia. N-Gage provided numerous games with 3D graphics into an application featuring online (via N-Gage Arena) and social features, to deliver a mobile gaming experience. It ran on compatible S60 Nokia smartphones. It takes its name from the N-Gage gaming smartphone, which it succeeded. On 30 October 2009, Nokia announced that no new N-Gage games will be produced, and the N-Gage service had ceased at the end of 2010. 〔()〕 A total of 49 games were released for it. The following phones are officially compatible with the N-Gage platform: Nokia N78, N79, N81, N81 8GB, N82, N85,〔 N86, N86 8MP, N95, N95 8GB, N96, N97, Nokia 5320 XpressMusic, 5630 XpressMusic, 5730 XpressMusic Nokia 6210 Navigator,〔(N-Gage software download and compatibiliry matrix )〕 6710 Navigator, 6720 Classic, E52,〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title = N-Gage | Nokia E52 )〕 E55 and E75. Due to memory issues, hinted in an interview in February 2008, support for the Nokia N73, N93 and N93i was cancelled. ==Background== Nokia's N-Gage gaming smartphone from 2003 did not perform as well as expected, and its upgraded QD version didn't improve it either. Instead of developing a new gaming device, there was a change in concept as Nokia explained to the world during E3 2005 that they were planning to put a N-Gage platform on several smartphone devices, rather than releasing a specific device (although their N81 model with its two dedicated gaming-buttons next to the screen is being marketed as a phone built for gaming). It was often nicknamed as ''N-Gage Next Generation'' by the public. Working behind closed doors, it took a little more than a year before, at E3 2006, finally announcing the N-Gage mobile gaming service, set for a 2007 release.〔http://gizmodo.com/174143/stop-laughing-at-the-n-gage-dammit〕〔http://www.siliconera.com/2006/05/09/n-gage-reborn/〕 They also started showing off next-gen titles such as System Rush: Evolution and Hooked On: Creatures of the Deep, with the fighting game ONE perhaps being the most visually impressive—even making use of motion capture. In February 2007, Nokia announced a pilot service in Finland to promote the upcoming service.〔http://www.techradar.com/news/phone-and-communications/mobile-phones/next-generation-nokia-n-gage-pilot-begins-154993〕 Nokia showed off previews of the service at the 2007 Game Developers Conference in San Francisco, California. On 27 August 2007, Nokia confirmed a previously leaked N-Gage logo is the official logo for the upcoming service.〔http://www.allaboutsymbian.com/news/item/5788_New_N-Gage_logo_confirmed_and_.php〕 Jaakko Kaidesoja was the head of N-Gage's development. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「N-Gage (service)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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