Hey there Lowe family. Thought you would like to hear this info about your Wii......Rabid video gamers could get some help keeping in touch with the outside world this weekend as Nintendo Co. launches an online news service through its popular Wii console.
The Wii News Channel, scheduled to debut Saturday, will primarily feature top news stories and photographs from The Associated Press.
Consoles with a broadband Internet connection and the Opera Web browser will be able to access the free news channel, which will offer AP news in multiple languages. Japanese-language news will come from a separate agency.
The user interface will allow Wii owners to spin a virtual globe and point to a location of a news event using the Wii Remote.
Stories will be listed under headings including Business, Sports, Arts/Entertainment, Technology and Science/Health to allow users to quickly access information in the order they want.
In the global view, stories can be grouped by region instead of category. Icons show which stories have been read, which stories are text-only and which come with images.
By using the 'always-on' system functionality of WiiConnect24, stories will be updated frequently even while owners are sleeping.
"What Wii has done for video gaming, we hope it will accomplish for news," said Reggie Fils-Aime, president of Nintendo of America.
"Just by pointing at your TV screen, you become your own interactive editor, instantly accessing the latest headline stories whether they originate in Kansas City or Kyoto."
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Uncle Shawn & Mr. Ted
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