Nintendo Wii To Browse Web With Opera
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Nintendo Wii To Browse Web With Opera
PC Magazine Staff - PC Magazine
Wed May 10, 5:03 AM ET
Opera Software said Wednesday that the new Nintendo "Wii" game console will use its browser to allow Wii users to surf the Internet.
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Opera, which has already licensed its browser to Nintendo for use on its DS game controller, will include a version in the Wii, which was once code-named "Revolution". Nintendo hasn't announced the price of the Wii console, but said in a press conference Tuesday that the console will ship in the fourth quarter for a price that will be named later.
Users will surf the Web with the Wii's controller, which contains a gyroscope and positional sensor to allow a cursor to be moved on screen without pushing a button. Sony also said Wednesday that it has its own positional controller technology built in.
"For our Wii console launch in 2006, we required a browser that was fast and secure with support for the latest standards including AJAX," said Genyo Takeda, senior managing director and general manager of the Integrated Research and Development Division at Nintendo Co., Ltd., in a statement. "Opera proved perfect for our purposes and is an exceptional addition to both the Nintendo DS and the Wii console."
Opera and Nintendo announced their partnership to deliver the full Opera browser for the Nintendo DS on February 15, 2006. While the Nintendo DS browser is scheduled for release in Japan this summer, Nintendo has not yet announced its global launch plans for this product, the companies said.
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i think ill stick to my PC for browsing
Wed May 10, 5:03 AM ET
Opera Software said Wednesday that the new Nintendo "Wii" game console will use its browser to allow Wii users to surf the Internet.
ADVERTISEMENT
Opera, which has already licensed its browser to Nintendo for use on its DS game controller, will include a version in the Wii, which was once code-named "Revolution". Nintendo hasn't announced the price of the Wii console, but said in a press conference Tuesday that the console will ship in the fourth quarter for a price that will be named later.
Users will surf the Web with the Wii's controller, which contains a gyroscope and positional sensor to allow a cursor to be moved on screen without pushing a button. Sony also said Wednesday that it has its own positional controller technology built in.
"For our Wii console launch in 2006, we required a browser that was fast and secure with support for the latest standards including AJAX," said Genyo Takeda, senior managing director and general manager of the Integrated Research and Development Division at Nintendo Co., Ltd., in a statement. "Opera proved perfect for our purposes and is an exceptional addition to both the Nintendo DS and the Wii console."
Opera and Nintendo announced their partnership to deliver the full Opera browser for the Nintendo DS on February 15, 2006. While the Nintendo DS browser is scheduled for release in Japan this summer, Nintendo has not yet announced its global launch plans for this product, the companies said.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/zd/20060510/...NlYwN5bmNhdA--
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i think ill stick to my PC for browsing
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Great, so webpages will load fast but the middle will be on the left and the top will be on the right. The entire middle of the page will be blank and where the bottom part would be that you can tell theres more content... it's just cut off.
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Originally Posted by clickwir
Great, so webpages will load fast but the middle will be on the left and the top will be on the right. The entire middle of the page will be blank and where the bottom part would be that you can tell theres more content... it's just cut off.
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stupid move i think for nintendo. good move for opera. opera has to catch up with firefox and IE. i dont blame them for not using IE. microsoft will then sue their shares to take nintendo software or something stupid. but maybe they should have used firefox. its okay i wont need the web on my wii.
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Originally Posted by Lueb
stupid move i think for nintendo. good move for opera. opera has to catch up with firefox and IE. i dont blame them for not using IE. microsoft will then sue their shares to take nintendo software or something stupid. but maybe they should have used firefox. its okay i wont need the web on my wii.
Well that and the Wii will compete against the Xbox 360...