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Incidentally, the EULA says "Content shall be... limited to one private installation on one N-Gage compatible Nokia device only", I can't see anything saying "forever", so it doesn't appear to preclude transfer.

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While it would make sense to have to repurchase the same game for a different platform (say, having to buy GTAIV again for PS3 if you already own it for 360) this is a universal platform—just in multiple handsets. So if I get the same platform in a different shell, I should not have to repurchase. Using the console analogy again, that would be like repurchasing my PS2 library if I switch from the large one to a slimline.

A transfer probably isn't totally ruled out, but I wouldn't be surprised if Nokia charged a microtransaction for the transfers.]]>May 22nd 2008 12:10PMhttp://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/05/22/n-gage-users-n-raged-by-nokia-handset-lock-in/http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/05/22/n-gage-users-n-raged-by-nokia-handset-lock-in/May 22nd 2008 11:22AMhttp://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/05/22/n-gage-users-n-raged-by-nokia-handset-lock-in/http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/05/22/n-gage-users-n-raged-by-nokia-handset-lock-in/May 22nd 2008 11:31AMhttp://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/05/22/n-gage-users-n-raged-by-nokia-handset-lock-in/http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/05/22/n-gage-users-n-raged-by-nokia-handset-lock-in/May 22nd 2008 12:39PM