1. The new N–Gage QD Silver Edition game deck has all the smartphone functionalities and connectivity features as the original N–Gage QD game deck including calendar, contacts, e–mail, web browsing, Bluetooth connectivity and GPRS, but sports a fashionable silver finish.

2. Arab News Mohamed Al–Zahrany, a 15–year–old Saudi, won first place at Nokia’s N–Gage QD Silver Edition gaming tournament that took place at Serafi Mega Mall in Jeddah recently.

3. Arab News Nokia, Games Workshop and THQ Wireless have announced the debut of the «highly successful» Warhammer 40,000 franchise to the N–Gage platform with «Warhammer 40,000: Glory in Death.» The highly acclaimed classic table–top strategy game from Games Workshop has been produced and developed for the N–Gage platform for Warhammer 40,000 fans to unite and embark on multiplayer war game via Bluetooth connection and the N–Gage Arena, Nokia’s global mobile online gaming community. «Warhammer 40,000 is a well–loved brand by sci–fi action strategy aficionados internationally, with over 100 million miniature characters being sold annually through Games Workshop.» Gregg Sauter, director, Games Publishing, Nokia said. «Developed by Razorback, our version has maintained the original’s well designed systems and game play.»

4. Portable pains, however, as the name suggests, are able to play their games in public, on consoles such as the Nintendo DS, Sony PSP and N–Gage. (Rumours of a new Microsoft console, the F–Off, remain just that.) Unable to remove their gaze from the screen that lights up their life, they occupy valuable public space while simultaneously absenting themselves from it, so consumed are they by the gaming experience.

5. Throughout the day, the players competed against each other playing Glimmerati, a racing game that revolves around a lifestyle of luxury cars and fast boats. «The Nokia N–Gage gaming tournament proved to be a great success with the large number of contestants it attracted, the spirit and atmosphere throughout the day,» said Zsolt Menesi, sales director, multimedia business unit, Nokia Middle East and Africa.