prototype ngage unit

[Buyatari]

Obtained from an Activision employee while working on Tony Hawk for the Ngage. You can see the back cover in the picture is an army green and the unit is marked proto B 5.3

http://i162.photobucket.com/albums/t245/WastingOrpheus/MVC-012S.jpg

Inside the unit was this card.

http://i162.photobucket.com/albums/t245/WastingOrpheus/MVC-013S.jpg

I was told this phone has a different operating system when I purchased it but I do not have a retail unit to compare it to and the battery has since gone dead.

[ProgrammingAce]

If it's anything like the one i have, it will play unencrypted roms. I have one that can still function as a phone and plays unencrypted roms, and a second one that has the phone disabled and can only play retail chips.

You want a price estimate?

[handofg0d]

I know on the Assembler forums they are comparing this to a Kiosk proto but you can clearly see that the IMEI sticker is different from those (which are closer to retail)

Here's a review (http://forum2.mobile-review.com/showthread.php?t=53203) that shows several screen shots from a similar (but later in production) NGage prototype. You probably have some similar features if you were curious (since you can't boot it up right now)

Also note that this proto is a different color also but not that green you have.

Curious - have you opened it up? If so, how much RAM did your come with?