Nintendo has revealed plans to launch a new Wii photo service in conjunction with Fujifilm.
The channel, tentatively dubbed the Digital Camera Print Channel, will allow Wii owners to upload their photos to the Wii then get them sent off to Fujifilm for printing. This comes in addition to the Wii Photo Channel.
While internet photo printing services are nothing new, this is the first time one has been offered directly through a console.
As well as being able to send individual photos and albums off for printing, Wii owners will also be able to get Nintendo business cards made for them. Users can use either photos or their Mii to show off their real or virtual looks. There will be six templates to choose from, including one which uses Mario characters.
Several templates will also be available for photo albums, again with one including Mario characters.
The service should be live in Japan today. Nintendo has said that the service will be global, but hasn't set a date for Europe yet.
In a somewhat contradictory piece of news, a technology company called Comtech has sent a shout-out telling us about how Nintendo has entered into a new licensing agreement with it to use its "environmentally friendly" LCD displays for in-store promotions of Wii Fit. Some 500 screens will be used in shops such as ASDA, Game, Gamestation and HMV.
So... on the one hand, Nintendo is using an allegedly "environmentally friendly" service that will save loads of paper at retail, on the other it's launching a service that will see tonnes of trees killed in the name of photos we could all view on our tellies or PCs if we wanted to.
Of course, it may be that Nintendo really doesn't care about the fact Comtech's displays don't kill trees and just wants to look fancy in front of the punters. That's probably what Greenpeace would say. Nintendo would probably disagree...
Source: tech radar
The channel, tentatively dubbed the Digital Camera Print Channel, will allow Wii owners to upload their photos to the Wii then get them sent off to Fujifilm for printing. This comes in addition to the Wii Photo Channel.
While internet photo printing services are nothing new, this is the first time one has been offered directly through a console.
As well as being able to send individual photos and albums off for printing, Wii owners will also be able to get Nintendo business cards made for them. Users can use either photos or their Mii to show off their real or virtual looks. There will be six templates to choose from, including one which uses Mario characters.
Several templates will also be available for photo albums, again with one including Mario characters.
The service should be live in Japan today. Nintendo has said that the service will be global, but hasn't set a date for Europe yet.
In a somewhat contradictory piece of news, a technology company called Comtech has sent a shout-out telling us about how Nintendo has entered into a new licensing agreement with it to use its "environmentally friendly" LCD displays for in-store promotions of Wii Fit. Some 500 screens will be used in shops such as ASDA, Game, Gamestation and HMV.
So... on the one hand, Nintendo is using an allegedly "environmentally friendly" service that will save loads of paper at retail, on the other it's launching a service that will see tonnes of trees killed in the name of photos we could all view on our tellies or PCs if we wanted to.
Of course, it may be that Nintendo really doesn't care about the fact Comtech's displays don't kill trees and just wants to look fancy in front of the punters. That's probably what Greenpeace would say. Nintendo would probably disagree...
Source: tech radar
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