Nokia announced several new handsets at its annual mobile internet conference yesterday, but the most interesting of them from our perspective was a new entry in the Series 60 range, which has been dubbed �N-Gage�. And despite a babbling, spectacularly incomprehensible press release, we�ve learnt that N-Gage will have a cartridge-type slot for memory cards, and will run on the Symbian OS. Nokia plans to position itself as a publisher and gatekeeper for those interested in using the platform.

Further details eked out of the web�s various pores reveal that Sega is collaborating on the project, which plays games sold separately on the (presumably proprietary) memory cards. The system itself looks like a GameBoy Advance, with a clutch of buttons on either side of a smallish screen and what seems to be a headphone port on the underside.

Nokia is keen to play up the phone-stroke-console�s abilities in the multimedia arena, and promises �rich game content� compared to previous, spindly mobile game efforts on previous platforms. There�ll be plenty of oomph under the bonnet, apparently.

Sega�s involvement on the software side means that we�ll soon see ports of many of the firm�s famous franchises, including Super Monkey Ball.