Finland

Brief Summary:
Invention/Product: Nokia N-Gage (and N-Gage QD)
Company: Nokia
Country: Finland
Period: Released in October 2003 (N-Gage QD in 2004), production ceased in 2005.
Essence: A hybrid of a mobile phone and portable gaming console, operating on Symbian OS.

Nokia's famous failure in attempting to capture the portable gaming market. Despite a strong brand and interesting concept, the device suffered from terrible ergonomic design (especially when used as a phone - "sidetalking" or "taco phone"), inconvenient game card swapping, high price, and inability to compete with either the Game Boy Advance or regular phones.