Like any combination device, the N-Gage QD is full of compromises.
The device is equipped with Wireless N technology and uses multiple intelligent antennas to maximize the speed and range of 2.4 GHz Wi-Fi signals to significantly outperform previous-generation Wireless G devices.
Tapwave has made little secret about its intention to compete head-to-head with Nokia's N-Gage device, which is set to debut next month, but which has received considerable negative buzz in the runup to release.
Samsung eventually changed the look of the front and slapped an "N" on the device's name, qualifying it for sale in Germany.
KOR-fx is actually the gaming version of the device that will be available first at retailer Play N Trade in the next few months and then roll out to other retailers this year.
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From the promotional videos on its Web site, it's clear that Tapwave is gunning to compete against Finnish mobile-phone giant Nokia (nyse: NOK - news - people ), whose N-Gage mobile-phone and gaming device should hit the market in early October.
"The compelling combination of pen and true multi-touch offers users the freedom to select the input method of their choice, whether it be the pen or their fingertips, when interacting directly with their slate, tablet, notebook or other computing device, " said Amichai Ben-David, CEO, N-trig.
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While competing solutions require either two sensors or multiple chips to support pen and multi-touch, N-trig is the first company to offer both on a single chip and a single sensor, providing device manufacturers with a compact, low-power solution and paving the way for N-trig to enter the handheld market.
N-Gage is not so much a phone optimised for games as a gaming device that happens to have a phone in it.
Between the plastic and the display is a flush black bezel that gets a bit thicker on the top and the bottom, housing the trademark "n" home button -- a signature, the company explains, that helps people orient the device even when the screen is off.
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