The Wii, like the XBox 360 and the Playstation 3, can connect to the Internet. By purchasing and downloading the Internet channel from the Wii shop you can install a browser onto your white box (a special version of Opera. The biggest problem with this, however, is having to enter text using the Wiimote, a tiresome and long winding process, especially if you’re trying to write a long email or blog post! Enter the new wireless USB keyboard designed for the Wii.
From Logitech, this keyboard has been designed to make surfing the web from your sofa a whole lot easier. Designed to follow the Wii’s aesthetics, the slim keyboard is white and has a number of extra buttons which emulate buttons on the Wiimote, such as the ‘+’ and ‘-’ buttons for zooming in and out of the page. The keyboard comes with a mini-receiver, which plugs into the Wii, and when you’ve finished on the ‘net, it just plugs back into the keyboard for storage.
I can see the potential of a dedicated Wii keyboard; it really is impractical entering more than a few words using the onscreen keyboard. I’m hoping that this will make blogging and other text-heavy activities practical on the Wii.
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This week sees the return of the annual gaming-fest that is E3 (or the Electronic Entertainment Expo). Here the 3 behemoths of console gaming - Nintendo, Sony and Microsoft - show off their latest hardware and software and generally try to outdo each other, both at the show and in the masses of press that follows. So expect a few E3 themed posts on here. Speaking of which…
The first bit of info that has caught my eye is an add-on for the Wiimote that makes it motion sensitive!!! Um, yeah, I know it is already, but this makes it really sensitive.
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I think the Nintendo Wii is fantastic. I’ve had it for 4 months now and I still think its a great machine. The unique control system is still fun to use and has certainly proved to be more than just a gimmick. However, there is one major problem with its design.
I have a two year-old son. As wonderful as he is, he naturally has the in-built curiosity of a toddler and this can sometimes lead to mischief. Which is how two plastic coins became stuck in the Wii disk slot, preventing the console from accepting either Wii or Gamecube disks. The Wii still functioned perfectly in every other way - I could browse the web, look at photos, change my Mii, etc. but I just could not play games. This could have been easily prevented if there was some way of locking the disk slot, either internally or externally.
Some people might argue that I brought it upon myself by having it at his level, next to the television, where he can reach it. In my defence, he has never done anything like this before, and there are other appliances within his grasp and they are all working fine (well ok, one DVD player has seen better days, but I’m putting it down to wear and tear and overuse). Plus the Wii looks its best stood up, and looks even funkier when the base I have is turned on and it shines with all of its blue-LED goodness!
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