BELLEVUE, Wash.-Furthering the hype surrounding Nokia Corp.’s new mobile-phone/video game device, T-Mobile USA Inc. said it will sell the N-Gage starting Oct. 7 for $300.
T-Mobile said it will sell the device with free wireless game play for 30 days and a combined total of $50 worth of free voice and text messaging services. T-Mobile said it will be the exclusive provider of the device in Target, Electronics Boutique, Game Stop and Circuit City.
“Gaming is a social activity. Playing against real people adds excitement that cannot be captured by a computer,” said Nick Sears, T-Mobile’s vice president of product marketing. “Now T-Mobile customers can compete against each other anytime, anywhere in the T-Mobile network. And, with our unlimited pricing promotion, we’ve removed all the barriers to social gaming.”
