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Nintendo Ltd. (OTC: NTDOY) continues to sell the hot Wii gaming console in record numbers, and those numbers will probably become higher this holiday shopping season as gift buyers opt for the $250 gaming system over $350 and $500 systems from the competition. The only bad thing about Nintendo's Wii is that the physical interactivity is causing some to throw those gaming controllers all over the place. Hey, Nintendo can't legislate intelligence from its customers, right?

To keep the clueless from throwing their "Wii-motes" all over the living room and through windows and television screens, Nintendo added locking hand straps early this year to all shipping gaming controllers so that they could be secured to player's wrists.

Well, that apparently did not go far enough (unbelievably), so the company is now offering free silicon rubber covers, or "jackets" for these Wiimotes. So, if that remote somehow flies out of your hand, at least it will hit the wall or television set with a simple, rubber thud instead of a loud, glass-breaking crash.

Up to four rubber controller jackets will be offered per Wii owner, although the jackets won't ship until mid-October. If you have a Wii and find that the controller flies out of your hand on occasion, you may want to head over to Nintendo's website and request your jackets. Until you receive them, use those wrist straps and be careful, will you?

Nintendo (NTDOY) hands out free rubber jackets for 'Wii-motes' originally appeared on BloggingStocks on Tue, 02 Oct 2007 16:37:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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The latest rumor churning throughout the web is that Apple's iTV, yes iTV, will now incorporate some sort of gaming experience. It seems as if Greg Canessa, the Vice President of video game platforms at PopCap games, had a slip up in a recent interview with Wired where he indicated that his role at PopCap will be to help "customiz(e) the user interface and display for Zune, iPod, Apple TV, Nintendo DS, PSP."

Recently, Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) stated that games specifically designed for the iPod will not play on the iTV. However, this faux pas, among others, could indicate that Apple is creating a game interface to compete with Microsoft, Sony, and Nintendo in the family living room. (Then again, the Internet is rife with Apple rumors.)

If true, the question becomes: is Apple spreading itself too thin? Desktops, laptops, a music store, multiple music players, the iPhone, and now a gaming console? We'll see how far Apple's iconic brand (and the esteem it generates) can carry them.

iTV with gaming? Is Apple spreading itself too thin? originally appeared on BloggingStocks on Thu, 08 Feb 2007 21:07:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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