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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    todd, Dec 18th, 2001 @ 4:23pm

    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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    cassidy, Feb 19th, 2002 @ 10:28am

    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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    tommy, Mar 18th, 2002 @ 9:31pm

    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

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    Luke, Jan 11th, 2003 @ 12:07pm

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

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    Andrew Windsor, Feb 23rd, 2003 @ 11:22am

    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.

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    George, Feb 28th, 2003 @ 7:00am

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

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

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    Free Mobile Phone Games at www.MobileRated.com

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    Paul, Oct 18th, 2006 @ 6:14pm

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

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    Anonymous Coward, Jun 20th, 2008 @ 7:07am

    Jrrrrrhdj

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    Flash on Mobile Phone

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    Free Ga,es, Jan 31st, 2010 @ 8:25am

    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!

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