I’m testing out the Wii internet channel simply for the purposes of blogging and how long this will take… Yes, I’m also timing myself.
It’s actually a bit of a pain with the onscreen keyboard, and the phone style layout lacks predictive text, which really sucks… I guess I also miss the tactile feel of a real keyboard, which doesn’t bode well for the upcoming iPhone and it’s touchscreen technology. How long till Nintendo release a little keyboard add-on?
My quick conclusion is it’s not made for this… Well, not yet anyway. But it’s great for quick browsing, case in point was Robyn saying how back in the day if she was watching TV and wanted to find out more information about anything she would have to walk into her room, dial up the internet and go to IMDB or whatever, now we can pause TV on TiVo, pick up the Wii remote, power it up which makes it take over the TV signal thanks to our little 4-way component box, open the internet channel and go to IMDB or Wikipedia, turn it off, the TV reverts back to TiVo and we pick up where we left off.
Makes life is a bit too easy huh?
Anyways, I’ve probably given myself horrific carpal tunnel by holding this Wii remote for nearly 20 minutes now, best give up before I ramble on too much.