Texas-based newspaper Star-Telegram has an excellent article covering the initial impressions and future outlook of Nokia's N-Gage Gamedeck. Article includes quotes from several industry insiders: a Gamespot editor, Gamestop President, and a Nokia representative. An except:

"We are in a whole new category. There is no real competition," said Folmar, product launch and marketing manager for N-Gage. "I'm flattered that [the N-Gage] is the topic of conversation. I've seen a lot of misinformation out there. Out of everything that has been said, I haven't seen anyone knock the actual game play."

Folmar said Nokia is trying to develop new areas of gaming, such as wireless mobile game play, in which users can interact with each other, and the overall evolution of mobile games in general.

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