Nokia Planning Appeal To Gamers

A fascinating revolution is underway in the cell phone world that goes beyond the ‘Break Brick’ days of your Blackberry. Nokia is running full speed towards bringing gaming to your cell phone with its N-Gage Internet platform for devices such as the Nokia N81.

Not to be out done, Sony Ericsson is leveraging the Sony experience in gaming with the Playstation to introduce gaming to its handsets. Phones such as Apple’s iPhone, and the soon-to-be-released RIM Blackberry 9000 series with expanded Internet capabilities, are sure going to enter the fray. But it seems to be Nokia and the N-Gage at the forefront.

According to the Wall Street Journal, Nokia plans to leverage the community surrounding its N-Gage platform to aggressively enter the gaming market. They will provide high graphic games at a reasonable price point for download ($10-$15). As more and more handsets offer faster and faster internet experiences on better displays this appears to be a completely new way to expand the uses of your cell phone.

What does all this mean? Well, in a nutshell, that cell phone is not just for calling anymore.