Coming home on the train today I saw a sight I'd not seen in a long time. No, it wasn't a spare seat, but something far more surprising. The passenger opposite me was speaking into an original Nokia N-Gage. Yes, sidetalking was alive and well on the 6pm Waterloo commuter train.
Sidetalking is a phenomenon caused by the odd speaker position on the original N-Gage which meant owners had to hold the side of their taco-shaped mobiles to speak.
The N-Gage QD – the much improved second iteration of the N-Gage – isn't bad at all. Not least, because you can hold it vertically when speaking. But the original was so flawed – anyone remember having to take the battery out to load new games – that it'll probably be worth loads on Ebay in 2010. Best keep that packaging...
