Nintendo now has more than 200,000 users of their Wi-Fi connection
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[ Games Galore :: Videogaming News and Reviews] Nintendo collaborates with McDonalds Wimax might be the flavor of the networking world right now but the current standard Wi-Fi is not going anywhere soon. Japanese gaming giant Nintendo has partnered with the fast food industry giants McDonalds along with the wireless-networking specialist Wayport.
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[ Games Galore :: Videogaming News and Reviews] Nintendo releases details of Wi-Fi service for the UK: CEO of The Cloud, George Polk said in a statement about their upcoming service: ‘Consumer Wi-Fi has finally arrived, and in a big way. Now hundreds of thousands of Nintendo users can play networked games when they are out and about, while they are waiting for a train, walking to meetings, at shopping malls, at the football, and many other places.”
[my.bicycle] McDS, or, “losing my religion with bbc”: What has happened now with the Nintendo has partnered with McDonalds to bring free internet access to enable online gaming at one of the most ubiquitous, child-friendly establishments in America. With people knowing that they can bring their DS to McDs, you can bet that not only will there be chances for online gaming, but head-to-head matches with other patrons and pictochat to meet new child predators...
[From Seattle writer and consultant Matt Rosenberg...] Personal Technology Carves Out More Private-Public Space: Gamers seeking Wi-fi have by and large been forced to pay for it, and are often cruelly relegated to Internet access points, wireless or otherwise, in their homes. However, it is much less isolating to lock into an online gaming contest with invisible strangers halfway across the country or globe, if you are manipulating your handheld gaming device in a public, as opposed to private space.
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Posted at December 08, 2005 05:20 PM
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