The N-Gage was unsuccessful, partly because the buttons were not well-suited for gaming, while it was described as resembling a taco, which led to its mocking nickname "taco phone". [6][18][19] Less than a year later, the QD model was introduced as a redesign of the original "Classic" N-Gage, fixing widely criticized issues and design problems.

2021年3月14日 · And somehow it was still less awkward than the N-Gage, which earned the nickname “taco phone”. Anyway, the phone could play some games – it featured the 3310 classics, including Snake II, Space...

2024年3月5日 · … the taco phone. Nokia released N-Gage in October 2003 as a competitor to the Game Boy Advance, Nintendo’s handheld console. The idea was that consumers would enjoy a console that doubled as a phone and an MP3 player, plus users could game with friends over cell or Bluetooth networks.

The distinctive design, which saw it christened as the ‘Taco phone’, incorporated the earpiece and microphone on the side of the device. This meant that you had to hold the phone sideways to your ear and it looks a little ridiculous.

2016年9月23日 · Worse still: the phone's earpiece was mounted on its spine, making for a bizarre look and feel when it came to voice calls and leading to the unfortunate nickname "Taco Phone." Needless to say,...

2023年8月4日 · The N-Gage brought together an MP3 player, a cell phone, a PDA, a radio, and a gaming console into one taco shell-shaped device. It borrowed from the look of the Nokia 5510 mobile phone, which resembled the sideway look of a cell phone.

2025年1月10日 · The Nokia N-Gage (type NEM-4, codenamed Starship), is a gaming-oriented Symbian Series 60 smartphone announced on 4 November 2002 and released on 7 October 2003. It is known for being Nokia's sole attempt at a gaming handheld, which was their answer to the likes of Nintendo's Game Boy Advance.

2024年6月25日 · Enter the Nokia N-Gage, a taco-shaped mystery device promising to revolutionize the mobile gaming world. Unfortunately, like a mythical creature with no spatial awareness, the N-Gage stumbled its way, rather unspectacularly, into the annals of tech history.

Nokia was right: We do want to play games on our phones. But its 2003 so-called taco phone wasn’t it. Join our hosts Jon Weigell, Juliet Bennett, and Mark De...

The Nokia N-Gage failed primarily due to its awkward design resembling a taco, a poor game library, and cumbersome phone functionality, which led to its reje...