Nokia's N-Gage mobile gaming device has been cracked

November 11, 2003

Mr. Belvedere, our
Club CD Freaks
Moderator, used our news submit to tell us that Nokia's N-Gage
device has been cracked according to this information.
The Nokia N-Gage device is primarily a handheld gaming device but it
can also be used as an MP3 player, wireless browser and last but not
least as a telephone.

The games that were designed for the N-Gage will of
course only work with the Nokia device but not anymore. Now that the
security on the N-Gage has been cracked the games can be played on other mobile
phones as well such as the Siemens SX1:

Nokia will today be licking its wounds and doing a fair amount of worrying, with the revelation that the N-Gage's security has been cracked like an egg, with other manufacturers' handsets able to play the machine's software.

Specifically, the Siemens SX1 is already
capable of running N-Gage games, with Sonic N being the only game seen in
public, though it's expected that the others won't be too far
behind.

This is expected to be the start of a
process that will see third-party hardware add-on sales of devices that
will enable many phones to simply suck up the N-Gage content, then go on
their merry way.

Nokia's reaction to this new, seemingly
unforeseen problem, will be interesting to observe, to say the
least.

Some screenshots and video's of the Siemens SX1 mobile phone running the
Nokia N-Gage games can be found on Club-Siemens.
More information on the hacked N-Gage can be read here and here.

Source: SPOnG.com