Writing becomes eZi... Wii "IM" in the works |
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Remember ages ago (it's been that long?) when Wii had been registering trademarks left and right? Among those trademarks include WiiKids, WiiCulture, WWWii, and a whole slew of other things that probably won't even see the light of day. But rest assured, Nintendo's got them reserved as trademarks already.
From these trademarks, we can see the track that Nintendo is taking in expanding their console. We somehow get some feel of what their future plans would be. One of those trademarks is !!M (that's "Wii" inverted 180 degrees).
Zi Corporation has just announced that they would be working with Nintendo to bring their predictive text input software, eZiText, into the Wii. Milos Djokovic, President and CEO of Zi Corporation said that "By embedding eZiText in Wii, Nintendo is empowering its customer with a more user friendly method for text input." To continue:
This announcement heralds the future use of eZiText outside of conventional mobile usage. The global gaming industry has become a worldwide phenomenon and is becoming an important new avenue for the distribution of our products. As such, we will continue to progressively pursue new gaming customers.
Now whether this project will end up as the supposed !!M, we're still not sure if what they're trying to aim at is an SMS Messaging service or an Instant Messaging service. Either way, expect a lot of communication between Wiis, Wiimotes, and Miis in the future.
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would'nt typing be extremely hard on a wii mote?
You just spell out the letters in the air with the Wiimote, while making movements like a quick jolt to the right for a space, or a quick jolt down for a line return, etc.
I don't know where you came up with that, but this deal only relates to predicting what the user is trying to write. Whether or not it's mobile phone style keypad entry or graffiti-style writing in the air is yet to be determined.
WWii Isn't the AU launch on Dec. 7th? aka PEARL HARBOR DAY??? a coincidence? I think so! entirely, without a doubt it is not at all related to World War II... maybe WWiii?
Why would they even use a mobile phone style keypad entry when they have this MOTION SENSITIVE REMOTE that you could easily air-graffiti (thanks for reminding me of the name) the text? Not only is it faster, it's more effective and user friendly (especially for IM).
The Wii remote can be used to point at a virtual keyboard (like on the DS) or at a phone-style keypad (like the PSP). Predictive text will only matter in the latter example, since you don't need predictive text on a keyboard. Try the Excite Truck demos in your local game store, exit to the main menu and create a Mii. When you name your Mii, you will see the systemm keyboard, which works quite well with the remote as a pointer.
As much as I like the graffiti idea on PDA's, it works well because you have a surface to come in contact with. Likewise on the DS (in brain age) you have a touch-screen to give it a tactile feel. Sadly, it's not as accurate as you might think, and without a surface, you'd have to hold a button for each letter. If you're already doing that, you might as well be pointing at the letter on screen instead of just hoping it recognizes that R you've been trying for ages and just getting P. There is a software keyboard, as I mentioned above. It's a MUCH better solution.
wii has two usb ports. you could probably plug in a usb keyboard.
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