You know, I didn't even think about it that way. Just the fact that Nokia had enough guts to defy Nintendo was enough to set up this thread.
I think that people who buy this will be a bit disappointed by it cause they probably have more important things to do, like that darn business meeting. Which would limit the uses of it.
I think it IS cool that Nokia have this much support, considering what it wants to do. But for less than AUS$500, you can get a Platinum GBA SP with three games, whilst keeping the faithful old mobile you have now (since basically everyone has a mobile). Or if you already have a GBA, there is no reason why you would want to buy an N-Gage. So I think that N-Gage is going the way of Ericsson's Red Jade: being beaten by GBA before it's even released.
But there probably will be some people stupid enough to buy it. I know my uncle will. He's a damn impulse buyer, wants to be on the top of the technology hill, much to the distress of his wife - my aunt. He bought a projection system, then 2 months later bought a new one cause it was 'state-of-the-art, then 4 months later, bought a rear projection TV because it had better picture quality, so I think these are the sort of people that will give Nokia a bit of profit.
More to the point of mobiles, he bought Ericsson's new mobile cause it had a camera, and he spent all of Chinese New Year's bragging about it, taking pictures. Siemens has released their mobile with a FLASH camera, so he's got that now. So I'm sure when Nokia releases the N-Gage, he's gonna get it.