Old School Nintendo

I came across this article this week and laughed. Nostalgic feelings came across when I thought of the old school Nintendo. During winter vacation, the Nintendo Wii was the craze. I played it, I was impressed. However, while playing some of the Wii sports I thought about the Nintendo I had when I was growing up. Thinking about the track and field game on the running pad made me smile. The Wii has nothing on that!

Nintendo is awarding their old-school fans with “Wii Points.” With “Wii Points” players can download classic Nintendo, Sega Genesis and TurboGrafx-16 games directly to their system. I’m no gamer, but the classic games are the only games I understand!

Sony's first new digital video Walkman

Sony has recently announced its plans to release a new digital video Walkman. The new Walkman series will go on sale in Europe around April. Sony is coming up with three new models in Europe: NW-A808, NW-A806 and NW-A805 for its new video Walkman series. The new series, which differentiate from 2G bytes, 4G bytes and 8G bytes, would be comparable to Apple’s Video iPods.

According to the article, the NW-A805 will cost about US $237. I’m not surprised by this price as at all! Sony has always had pricey products. The article goes on to say that the iPod has a larger screen, but is bulkier and heavier than the new Sony Walkman. Should I turn my iPod for the new Walkman? The Walkman brings back memories! I think back to my Sony Walkman cassette tape player, which by the way still works!

After reading this article, I thought about how well Sony’s digital video Walkman will do compared to Apple’s version. It also made me think about Dell’s Digital Jukebox, which seemed to have disappeared in the light of Apple’s iPod. With the domination of Apple in portable devices, let’s hope my new Dell phone creation will top Apple’s iPhone!