Comments on: 2 days left… http://operawatch.com/news/2007/06/2-days-left.html A blog covering the latest buzz on the Opera browser and its competition. Mon, 01 Dec 2008 17:54:19 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: junkeR http://operawatch.com/news/2007/06/2-days-left.html#comment-65327 junkeR Sat, 30 Jun 2007 02:37:55 +0000 http://operawatch.com/news/2007/06/2-days-left.html#comment-65327 Just got my new DS Browser! Just got my new DS Browser!

]]> By: Steve Barker http://operawatch.com/news/2007/06/2-days-left.html#comment-65287 Steve Barker Fri, 29 Jun 2007 14:30:11 +0000 http://operawatch.com/news/2007/06/2-days-left.html#comment-65287 Downloaded it onto a friends machine, she does not have WiFi yet, but when she does.... Downloaded it onto a friends machine, she does not have WiFi yet, but when she does….

]]> By: SuitCase http://operawatch.com/news/2007/06/2-days-left.html#comment-65281 SuitCase Fri, 29 Jun 2007 13:06:44 +0000 http://operawatch.com/news/2007/06/2-days-left.html#comment-65281 Yay console wars! Static, I own both a PS3 and Wii, and many games for each and I'm consistently underwhelmed by the Wii's graphics. The specs reflect something that's only a little better than a "rebadged Gamecube", and the results are much the same. It's also pretty obvious that Nintendo are making obscene profit margins on Wii consoles, and so I don't think it's that wrong for someone like Mark to find issue with paying $250 for a box that only has slightly better components than a $40 Gamecube. Yay console wars!

Static, I own both a PS3 and Wii, and many games for each and I’m consistently underwhelmed by the Wii’s graphics. The specs reflect something that’s only a little better than a “rebadged Gamecube”, and the results are much the same.

It’s also pretty obvious that Nintendo are making obscene profit margins on Wii consoles, and so I don’t think it’s that wrong for someone like Mark to find issue with paying $250 for a box that only has slightly better components than a $40 Gamecube.

]]> By: Static http://operawatch.com/news/2007/06/2-days-left.html#comment-65266 Static Fri, 29 Jun 2007 04:18:02 +0000 http://operawatch.com/news/2007/06/2-days-left.html#comment-65266 "Rebadged Gamecube" has been one of the worst misconceptions about the Wii, and usually comes from people who have never even seen one used, let alone played it themselves, otherwise they wouldn't be so ready to dismiss it. But considering the Wii helped pushed Nintendo's market value above all of Sony Corporation, obviously such an opinion is both incorrect and immaterial. Anyhoo, the Opera browser on the Wii, and even DS, work so surprisingly well that they make the DS much more of a contender in the mobile browsing arena than even the iPhone, considering its outrageous price and utter sluggishness over the EDGE (not to mention all its other detracting points). I'm hoping the combination of Nintendo's hardware along with Opera's software mutually benefit these excellent and innovative companies for quite some time. “Rebadged Gamecube” has been one of the worst misconceptions about the Wii, and usually comes from people who have never even seen one used, let alone played it themselves, otherwise they wouldn’t be so ready to dismiss it. But considering the Wii helped pushed Nintendo’s market value above all of Sony Corporation, obviously such an opinion is both incorrect and immaterial.

Anyhoo, the Opera browser on the Wii, and even DS, work so surprisingly well that they make the DS much more of a contender in the mobile browsing arena than even the iPhone, considering its outrageous price and utter sluggishness over the EDGE (not to mention all its other detracting points). I’m hoping the combination of Nintendo’s hardware along with Opera’s software mutually benefit these excellent and innovative companies for quite some time.

]]> By: Mark http://operawatch.com/news/2007/06/2-days-left.html#comment-65250 Mark Thu, 28 Jun 2007 20:04:33 +0000 http://operawatch.com/news/2007/06/2-days-left.html#comment-65250 I doubt it would make any differene. Anyone foolish enough to spend £170 on a rebadged Gamecube is smart enough to get the Opera browser before the free period expires... I'm stunned the Wii is selling so well, with a dire selection of games, no online gaming to speak of, and less power than a original Xbox.. I doubt it would make any differene. Anyone foolish enough to spend £170 on a rebadged Gamecube is smart enough to get the Opera browser before the free period expires…

I’m stunned the Wii is selling so well, with a dire selection of games, no online gaming to speak of, and less power than a original Xbox..

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