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Revision3 InDigital compares gaming consoles; talks highly of Wii Opera-powered browser

Published June 18th, 2007 11:55 AM EDT By Daniel Goldman

A couple of my readers (thanks Michael and Phillip) alerted me to the latest Revision3 InDigital episode, where they compared the capabilities of the Nintendo Wii, Sony PlayStation 3, and the Xbox 360. When they mentioned the web browsing capabilities of the Wii, they were very impressed with Opera, saying “[it’s] surprisingly pleasant even if you’re viewing heavy flash sites.” “The internet channel is great. If you want to watch YouTube videos on a full-size TV screen, you can do that.”

The Wii Opera-powered browser talk begins at about 11:15 into the episode. (Watch the video)

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  1. 1 Steve Barker Jun 18th, 2007 at 2:38 pm
    using Opera Opera 9.10 on Nintendo Wii Nintendo Wii

    Nice to see eXTReMe Tracking now counts the Wii in its own right - no longer just ‘other’.

    Hopefully, other site statistic providers will do the same soon.

  2. 2 Muzammil Jun 19th, 2007 at 4:01 am
    using Opera Opera 9.21 on Windows Windows XP

    Someone suggested over at digg that Opera should ID itself just as ‘Opera’ whichever platform or whatever version it might be.

    Considering the low usage numbers Opera has, I think it’ll help, on a global scale.

  3. 3 XP1 Jun 19th, 2007 at 12:16 pm
    using Opera Opera 9.20 on Windows Windows Vista

    Muzammil, if that happens, I don’t think there will be an easy way to tell which Opera product is statisticly getting all the attention.

  4. 4 Steve Barker Jun 19th, 2007 at 4:06 pm
    using Opera Opera 9.20 on Linux Linux

    Last month by counting Opera, and Opera Mini as two different browsers Net Applications showed Opera to be behind Netscape! Previously the combination was ahead of Netscape - will add the two?

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