The Wii is new console releases from Nintendo.

New console releases from Microsoft, Sony, and Nintendo will determine the future of video games for the next half decade. Microsoft launched the Xbox 360 late in 2005 to get a head start on the competition--Sony and Nintendo will launch their new consoles this year. The Xbox 360 sports excellent hardware and a robust Xbox Live online platform, plus Microsoft has pockets deeper than the Mariana Trench. The PlayStation 3 will be just as powerful, with advanced Nvidia graphics, a custom-designed IBM Cell processor, and new Blu-ray drive technology. And Nintendo will have a new controller that bares a striking resemblance to a television remote control.

If there's one console manufacturer that marches to the beat of a different drummer, it has to be Nintendo. The originator of the modern console-gaming era has been a traditional player in every single console generation, first with the Nintendo Entertainment System, then with the Super NES, then with the Nintendo 64, and now with the Nintendo GameCube. But Nintendo promises that its next console system, the Wii, will be a major departure from the current console CPU and graphics-hardware arms race.

Instead of putting together an expensive box with impressive hardware specifications like the Xbox 360 or PlayStation 3, Nintendo decided to set its Wii system apart by offering innovative gameplay with a new motion-sensitive controller. The Wii's gyroscope controller will take users away from the gamepad interface and make game control more intuitive. For instance, we're used to pressing buttons in a certain sequence to cast a line in a fishing game, but on the Wii, expect to pull the controller back and then whip it forward in a real casting motion to get that line out. It's this kind of gameplay that will make the Wii completely different from the Xbox 360 and the PlayStation 3.

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The Wii by gamespot

Online iTunes backup service goes live

Everyone knows backup is a chore, and keeping your backed-up files on a separate drive in the same home or office as your master won't keep them safe from fire. Bandwagon, a service for 'music geeks' who forget to back up their iTunes looks to solve that problem by automatically backing up your music library to a secure off-site server over your broadband link.

Bandwagon requires Mac OS X 10.4, and iTunes 7, and runs as an item in the menu bar. It allows for full flexibility where selective or full backups are concerned, and because it's been built for forgetful, lazy Mac owners, there's no need to drag and drop your files onto the server. Once you've told it what kind of media you want to back up, the Queue Manager will take care or building your backup set.

The service, a Universal Binary optimised for both PowerPC and Intel processors, costs $69 per year at an introductory rate, with a fully-operational 30-day trial on offer for $1.

iTunes Technology by MacUser

Nokia E62 Phone Features

Nokia E62 Phone Technology

Email and Messaging

• Support for personal and business email accounts such as POP, IMAP (with idle) and SMTP1
  
• Supports third party email clients: Good Mobile Messaging, BlackBerry Connect, Nokia Intellisync Wireless Email, Mail for Exchange (Microsoft ActiveSync) and Xpress Mail 1
  
• Attachments viewers and editors support the most common features of Microsoft Word, PowerPoint and Excel (Microsoft Office 97, 2000, XP and 2003). Compatible with Zip Manager and Adobe Reader
  
• Instant Messaging client (Yahoo, AOL, OMA)1
  
• SMS distribution list
  
• Email LED indicator, vibrate and tones to alert you of new email
  
• Full messaging keyboard for easy text and data input

Organization

• Personal shortcuts
  
• Customizable profiles
  
• Alarm clock
  
• Music Player (MP3/AAC)
  
• Notepad for short notes
  
• Automatic key guard
  
• Calculator

Messaging and Imaging

• Multimedia Messaging Service (MMS, ver. 1.2) for text, voice clips, video clips and still images receiving, editing and sending1,14
  
• Distribution list
  
• Video and audio streaming (GPP and RealMedia: Real video and Real Audio)1

Enhanced Voice Features

• Voice dialing and voice commands for menu short cuts, keypad lock and profiles
  
• Enhanced voice commands (SIND)
  
• Dedicated voice key for easy use of voice recording, voice dialing3
  
• Speed dialing, up to 8 names
  
• Automatic redial (max 10 attempts)
  
• Call waiting, call hold, call divert, call timer
  
• Automatic and manual network selection
  
• Caller identification with photo
  
• The name of the calling party (spoken caller line identification) is mixed with the ringing tone. The functionality is enabled/disabled through profile settings.
  
• Conference call capability (up to 6 participants)1
  
• Vibrating alert
  
• Integrated handsfree speakerphone

Display and User Interface

• 320 x 240 pixel active matrix display with up to 16 million colors
  
• Adjustable brightness and contrast
  
• Ambient light sensor for keypad display lighting control
  
• Two soft keys with five-way joystick, power key can be used as profile key
  
• Configurable right and left soft keys
  
• Input method: full keyboard
  
• Active standby enables user to configure 7 shortcuts for fast access
  
• Symbian operating system OS 9.1
  
• S60, 3rd edition

Memory Functions

• Up to 80 MB of fixed user data memory†
  
• MiniSD hot swap slot available for memory card insertion & removal. Supports miniSD cards up to 2GB. Memory cards sold separately

Connectivity

• miniUSB port
  
• Remote and local (peer-to-peer) synchronization over Bluetooth technology, IR or data cable
  
• Bluetooth wireless technology 2.022
  
• HTML browsing with Nokia Browser1,2,12
  
• WAP 2.0 browser for viewing mobile web content1,2,12
  
• EGPRS (Class B, MSC 10)1,15
  
• GPRS (General Packet Radio Service) Multislot Class 101,15
  
• GSM Circuit-Switched Data up to 14.4 and 43.2 (HSCSD) kbps

Support

• Nokia Access: Receive world-class support for your Nokia E62 and specified client software. Nokia Access for Business Devices provides support at a predictable annual cost, focusing on issues specific to enterprise businesses
  
• Application Management enables the delivery and management of native Symbian and Java™ add-on applications over OMA DM
  
• Terminal Management Security includes security model, which enables protecting device data via device wipe and device lock management, protecting service usage by ensuring that right settings are in place

Specifications

• Weight: 5 ounces
  
• Dimensions: 4.61 x 2.76 x .63 inches
  

Service

• GSM 850/900/1800/1900 MHz
  
• Speech codecs: AMR, FR and EFR, NB-AMR

Mobile Technology by nokiausa

Orange to turn mobile into remote control

Mobile operator Orange is said to be developing technology that will allow its customers to user their mobile handsets to control televisions. The Sunday Telegraph reported that Orange is developing a system whereby its customers can use their handsets to program their personal video recorders.

At the moment in the UK, this type of service is available to users of SkyPlus PVRs. Users download Sky's application onto their 3G handsets, allowing users to decide remotely what programs or channels they wish to record.

According to the newspaper, Orange will try and launch its IPTV service in the third quarter of 2007. It intends to allow access to content, whether on the TV, PC, or mobile phone. Orange is said to be developing the technology to do this in-house, rather than relying on third parties, and there is talk that it will provide a search facility to allow users to search for content across all three mediums.

The paper quoted Orange's homes services manager, Eric Abensur, as saying, "When you buy content you should be able to watch that content wherever you want to, whether that is on your TV, on your PC, or on your mobile."

Orange already offers a "free" broadband connection to its contract customers, and its IPTV service would compete with similar offerings from BT Group Plc, Virgin Media, and BSkyB.

Mobile Technology by cbronline