Isaiah's Tech

Something quite interesting has hit the FCC, the RVL-036 which is a new Nintendo Wiimote. Apparently, there's a confidentiality request to keep the information locked up until November 7th of this year. Both websites are suggesting that this new Wiimote could have the Wii MotionPlus technology integrated so there'll be no need for the extra accessory so that's some decent news. Check out the filing here.

[Slash Gear, Engadget]

The title says it all. Nintendo has just confirmed that their black Wii will be hitting the US on May 9th. The Wii MotionPlus + Wii Sports Resort Bundle will be going for $199. They also confirmed that it'll be hitting outside of the US aka Canada, but the date wasn't mentioned. It's rumoured to hit Canada on the 23rd of this month.

[Electronista, Crunch Gear]

Nintendo Europe has just confirmed that they will be launching the black Nintendo Wii bundle - with Wii Sports Resort and Wii MotionPlus - on November 20th. Check out exactly what they had to say below.

It looks like it has been made official. The black Wiimote, Nunchuck, and MotionPlus will be hitting us on November 16th. The black Wiimote and Wii MotionPlus will be bundled together for $50 USD, the black Nunchuck will be separate and will cost another $20 USD.

[Engadget]

Nintendo finally decided to unveil the release date and price of their upcoming Wiimote add-on, the Wii MotionPlus. The June 8 release date points out that it will be here just in time for a Canadian Summer. Although the Wii MotionPlus will be an extra $20 USD addition, Kotaku does make a good point. "With Wii Remotes pricing at $US39.99, $19.99 for a Nunchaku and now $19.99 for the Wii MotionPlus, that means it costs $80 for a full loaded Wii Remote." Looks like the Wii is not as cheap as you originally think it is.

On a side note, third party games for the Wii are just about awful, so everyone should go out and buy a PlayStation 3 now!

[Gizmodo, Kotaku]

Apparently, yes. It's so accurate that it comes to the point where the developers of the upcoming EA tennis game (Grand Slam Tennis) had to turn down how accurate the Wii MotionPlus really is. Grand Slam Tennis will be one of the first titles to utilize Wii MotionPlus. It'll be interesting to see how this over accuracy plays out in the end.

[Kotaku]

GameStop has released their latest flyer and it mentions that Starcraft 2 will be released on PCs and Mac's on June 2. I highly doubt this happening because GameStop's dates are fairly inaccurate and because it just seems too early. Less than 3 months for Blizzard to get this game out to the public? I wish it were true, but i'm going to have to say that it is false. Man, oh man, if Blizzard confirms this, you will see me at the Best Buy midnight line-up.

A Nintendo Power article has just mentioned that the long-awaited release of Wii MotionPlus will be arriving before Electronic Arts' upcoming Grand Slam Tennis game. This means that Wii MotionPlus will be hitting consumers anywhere from now until June 18 which is when Grand Slam Tennis is scheduled to be released.

Firefox 3.0.7 was released yesterday (Wednesday) and it fixes six critical security issues that were found in Firefox 3.0.6. The download link is here (for Windows) just in case you can't wait for Firefox to prompt you to download the new version. I don't use Firefox anymore, thanks to Chrome, but it's good to see that Firefox is still doing well. It is currently ranked as the second most widely used browser. Second to Internet Explorer 7 which holds 40% of the market share.

The God-like Panasonic Z1 will be released in June for a price tag that will hurt your wallets and feelings. The 1-inch thick plasma TV from Panasonic will cost $6,000 USD. The Panasonic Z1 has a contrast ratio of 40,000:1, has "THX certification" and also comes with a separate box which is the wireless HDMI receiver. In the dying plasma market, this may be the last sexy plasma you ever see. This picture doesn't even look real, i mean look how damn thin this plasma is. Damn, Panasonic.

Meet the Vaino laptop. It kind of looks like a Sony Vaio P, doesn't it? That's because it's a knock-off of course. The Vaino actually has a bigger screen (10.2-inches) and a faster processor than the Vaio P does, so take that Sony. It also has a 1GB of RAM, a 160GB HDD, an integrated 1.3MP webcam and, obviously, WiFi. While it may look like an identical Vaio P clone in the left photo, it shows its true looks in the right photo. Personally, i would rather have the Vaio P, but if the price difference is significant then why not opt for the Vaino. Maybe because at first glance it looks extremely similar to the Vaio P and you will look like a douche for having a knock-off.

Starcraft 2 Release Date!? (and picture): http://g4tv.com/thefeed/blog/post/693731/StarCraft-2-Coming-on-June-2.html?utm_source=g4tv&utm_medium=rssfeeds&utm_campaign=TheFeed
Wii MotionPlus (and picture): http://www.1up.com/do/newsStory?cId=3173093
Firefox 3.0.7 (and picture): http://news.cnet.com/8301-1009_3-10188952-83.html?part=rss&subj=news&tag=2547-1_3-0-5
Panasonic Z1 (and picture): http://i.gizmodo.com/5164630/sexiest-plasma-still-alive-panasonic-z1-priced-at-6000
Vaino (and pictures): http://i.gizmodo.com/5164237/vaino-is-like-a-fat-sad-sony-vaio-p-knock+off