Nokia N97, N86 8MP, E52 all get N-Gage compatibility

Quick, what's easier to find: an E52 or a game that'll run on it? You'd think this is an egregious case of putting the cart before the horse, but you've got to give the N-Gage team credit for being well-prepared -- they're already listing Nokia's new mega-thin business candybar as being compatible with the service. Also on board is the just-released (and still hard to find in many parts of the world) N86 8MP and -- perhaps most notably -- the N97, making the beastly handset Nokia's first S60 5th Edition phone with N-Gage support. How's the experience sans keys? Let us know your thoughts in comments.

[Thanks to everyone who sent this in]

[(Unverified) Posted Jun 23rd 2009 9:45PM]

Nokia have confirmed N-Gage compatibility with the N97 (one of which i now own), but strangely haven't uploaded a downloadable install client that works. They all just come up with a "not compatible" error.

[(Unverified) Posted Jun 23rd 2009 10:46PM]

Ditto...It will not download on my N97 either :(

[(Unverified) Posted Jun 23rd 2009 11:59PM]

same here.. weird situation.. hopefully it'll get sorted out eventually..


still waiting on those iSync Drivers too >_

[(Unverified) Posted Jun 24th 2009 3:08AM]

hey, big typo there!!!

Nokia N97, N86 8GB, E52 all get N-Gage compatibility
by Chris Ziegler, posted Jun 23rd 2009 at 5:09PM

ITS N86 8MP, NOT N86 8GB!!!

[(Unverified) Posted Jun 24th 2009 4:16AM]

Fail.

[Chris Posted Jun 24th 2009 10:59AM]

Argh, thanks! Hey, I had an N95 8GB for a year, can you blame me? ;-)

[fernando Posted Jun 24th 2009 12:14PM]

Couldn't find an N97 compatible N-Gage sis too, shame. I'm sure it'll play great with the keyboard + dpad.

[(Unverified) Posted Jun 29th 2009 10:03AM]

From what I have seen very few are getting units that have ngage on them and the download version does not work yet. I saw one post on the Nokia forum where someone in another country(if memory serves me correct) did a software update and ngage came along with it.
All others that responded in different locations, including those with N97 NAM units, had no such update available.