RSSNintendo Wii's Opera browser gets update, too
By Tim Conneally | Published September 1, 2009, 1:28 PM
Opera 10 isn't the only news today from Norwegian company Opera Software. Today, the Nintendo Wii's "Internet Channel" browser based upon Opera 9 received a couple of serious updates: It has gone from Adobe Flash 7 to Adobe Flash Lite 3.1, and now it is totally free to download.
Early adopters got a crack at the Internet Channel had access to a trial version from December 2006 to April 2007, and then a free full version from April to June 2007, but after that period, it has cost 500 Wii Points (5 USD). For users who actually purchased the browser, Nintendo will be offering "refunds" in the form of a free game at the end of October.
With the upgrade to Flash Lite 3.1, many of the issues with Flash 7 have been alleviated, and media sites requiring Flash 8 are now viewable on the console. Unfortunately, during our tests this afternoon, popular Video site Hulu --which had more than 38 million views in July-- is still incompatible. As are the players for NBC, CBS and Fox streaming videos. Support for YouTube, thankfully, has improved, but the "high quality" option is not available.
THe opera browser on the Wii pretty much stinks especially with no flash support. As regards to browsing on the Zune HD... reserve comments until it actually comes out. In gneral browsing on any phone sucks.
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|"If you want to browse the web on your Wii, but didn't want to fork over some cash to do so (and did not get the application when it was free in 2007), you can now start up your Wii and get surfing. The Wii Internet Channel, a web browser for the Wii from Opera was previously 500 Wii Points, but starting today, it is available for no cost. If you purchased the Wii browser before, you will be getting a credit for one free game download later this year."
lol Free, not Free, Free? F*ck Opera and its greed, those Wii owners deserve their points back, pay for a browser... thats like having paid for browsing on the Zune HD when its released (not actually the case), i'm sure that would of been a brilliant idea and gone over well w/ public
after all, leave it to Opera to jump on the opportunity for having a paid for browser on a device, lol
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|if you really want to browse the net, use a computer the Wii is a gaming platform. I give it credit for been innovative and allowing you to do basic browsing. All I care is the You Tube works for me and that is all I need to keep entertained on the Web.
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