Forget Free Games On Your Mobile Phone

from the start-paying... dept

If you thought ringtones were turning into big money makers in the wireless industry, you're missing out on the potential for mobile phone games. While many phones now come with a free game or two, the popularity of phone games has caught the attention of the industry. Apparently 85% of Nokia phone users have at least tried at some of their games, with a larger percentage playing them every day. Where there's a lot of users, companies smell money, and plans are underway to create games consumers will need to pay for. Even better, they're working on network enabled games that will make you suck up precious mobile phone minutes and stuff money into the carriers' pockets.
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  1. identicon
    todd, 18 Dec 2001 @ 4:23pm

    embarrassed

    I play "snake" on my Nokia all the time. I'm ashamed but addicted. Perfect time-killer for elevators, cab rides, "reading room". High score: 286 (highest level only, please). Forget Unreal, "snake" rules...

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  2. identicon
    cassidy, 19 Feb 2002 @ 10:28am

    Re: embarrassed

    i play work at a store that sells wireless products. for the most part, business here is comatose, sense everyone already has a phone and i can get most of my customers in and out in a matter of minutes. i would say that i contribute at least a half hour every day to my snake craze. High Score: 783 on the highest level. my manager topped 1200 once when we were competing for money. i heard a rumor that if someone scores more than 1000, they can get a free phone from any nokia retailer. all they have to do is show the high score on the phone. is there any truth to that rumor?

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  3. identicon
    tommy, 18 Mar 2002 @ 9:31pm

    Re: embarrassed

    yea, man im the same way i play it all the time. I'm almost addicted to it i have the highest score out of all my friends it 1062 high level

    link to this | view in thread ]

  4. identicon
    Luke, 11 Jan 2003 @ 12:07pm

    Re: embarrassed

    I am not addicted to snake but my high score 3012 but it is on snake 2 not the first snake

    link to this | view in thread ]

  5. identicon
    Andrew Windsor, 23 Feb 2003 @ 11:22am

    Re: embarrassed

    I've also heard about that rumor about the free phone or some kind of prize, so if you find out anything please tell me. I'm addicted to snake, and my high score is 1584. I almost filled up the screen, but I didn't make it.

    link to this | view in thread ]

  6. identicon
    George, 28 Feb 2003 @ 7:00am

    Re: embarrassed

    Sorry, but the free phone is just an 'urban legend'...

    http://www.nokia.com/games/qa.html#5

    link to this | view in thread ]

  7. identicon
    Paul, 18 Oct 2006 @ 6:14pm

    Free Mobile Phone Games at www.MobileRated.com

    You can find all sorts of free mobile phone games at www.MobileRated.com

    link to this | view in thread ]

  8. identicon
    Anonymous Coward, 20 Jun 2008 @ 7:07am

    Jrrrrrhdj

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  9. identicon
    Free Ga,es, 31 Jan 2010 @ 8:25am

    Flash on Mobile Phone

    It's too bad they can't bring flash to mobile phone devices. Once they iron out the details in doing that, I think there will be a huge explosion in the mobile flash game market!

    link to this | view in thread ]


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