LEVI BUCHANAN

Will the Cellphone Outplay the Game Boy?

Increasingly powerful handsets are fast becoming the ultimate gaming consoles

Now that you can play live poker with friends in other cities, trawl for cyberfish, or woo virtual girlfriends—all on your cellphone—calling someone seems almost passé. Mobile gaming is booming. The typical carrier already offers hundreds of downloadable games, and sales are expected to jump from $72 million (last year) to $430 million by 2009. With more than 140 million U.S.

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