It's no use beating around the bush, N-Gage, the new hand-held cellular telephone/video game system hybrid from Nokia, is quite probably the worst game system in video game history -- and that's counting such notable disasters as the Nintendo Virtual Boy and the Bandai Pipin.
Before whipping out the laundry list about everything I dislike about N-Gage, let's discuss the good things. N-Gage looks cool. Nintendo built Game Boy SP into a clamshell case to give it a more acceptable appearance for adult players. Nokia went further. The black casing and button layout look adult. N-Gage also has ergonomic going for it. It fits reasonably well in the hand.
Now that I'm out of compliments, let's get to the nitty gritty.