N-Gage Cracked
Published November 13, 2003
The importance of this story is what it says about "copy-protection" - there's no such thing:
- The world's largest mobile phone maker Nokia said on Wednesday hackers have cracked the copy-protection codes for its newly launched N-Gage gaming device, allowing copied games to be downloaded over the Web.
The setback comes just over a month after the Finnish company launched the much-hyped game phone in a bid to gain a foothold in the portable gaming market.
"We take this very, very seriously and have initiated an aggressive program to stop the people that are behind these (intellectual property rights) violations," Nokia Mobile Phones spokesman Damian Stathonikos told Reuters.
...."We're working to develop our copy protection mechanisms to make this even more difficult in the future."
The cracked versions of the games can in principle be installed and played on any phone that uses the same basic operating software, Series 60, used in N-Gage. Other models include Siemens's SX1. [Reuters]
- N-Gage Cracked
- Published: November 13, 2003
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We laugh and mock your "ghetto" Nokia 5100 from our lofty perches. GBA? Foolish mortal, let go of your affinity for all things Swedish (I'm reaching, leave me alone!) and grasp the brass ring that is Samsung!
Bowling on a cell phone. Now that's a proper use of technology.
At least I'm comforted by the fact that if I drop my cell phone down a gutter, I haven't lost the equivalent of a brand new entertainment system. Ghetto 4-eva, baby!
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The N-Gage, of course, was seriously flawed from the get-go. For one, it costs too dang much. Secondly, being a phone and a game player, that means that you can't whip it out on those boring phone calls because, well, its already out and on your ear.
I'll stick with my $99 dollar GBA and my ghetto 5100 series cell phone.