Nintendo Wii Fit : Gaming with exercise

EVER THOUGHT of playing videogames without using your hands but moving
your whole body- I mean playing a video game along with physical
exercise. Yeah it’s quite possible and guess what? It’s once again
Nintendo that has brought this innovative feature with Nintendo Wii Fit. Wii Fit is a video game developed by Nintendo specially for the Nintendo Wii
console. And what’s more Wii Fit and the Wii Balance Board will surely
help you turn your living room into a fitness centre and that too for
the whole family!

The Wii Balance Board resembles
similar to your run-of-the-mill scales found in the bathrooms of many
homes. It’s a simple, white rectangle that gauges the force being
applied to it. It knows when you shift your weight on it because of
this pressure sensitivity and does so with pinpoint accuracy. The
software can then calculate the user’s body mass index when told of his
or her height.

Wii Fit includes roughly more
than 40 types of training activities designed to appeal and make all
the members of a household active. Training falls into four fitness
categories:

Aerobic exercise: 10-minute exercises that are designed to get the heart pumping.

Muscle conditioning: Controlled motions using arms, legs and other body parts.

Yoga
poses: Classic poses that focus on balance and stretching as also deep
breathing, half-moon, warrior, tree, sun salutation and many more.

Balance games: Fun activities, such as ski jumping and heading footballs, that challenge the player’s overall body balance.

Also
the Wii Fit Age is measured by factoring the user’s BMI reading,
testing the user’s centre of gravity and conducting quick balance
tests. Such is a power of innovation of this behemoth!

From : http://technology.merinews.com/

Blu-ray to outsell DVD by 2011, says Sony Pictures

Citing the latest market reports available, Sony Pictures Home Entertainment Asia Pacific vice president Tim Meade has confided that the company believes sales of Blu-ray Discs will beat out that of standard definition DVDs by the year 2011.

According to the market reports, global sales of BD movies will rise from 9 percent at the end of 2007 to about 25 percent of all market share by the end of this year, and that the number was already at about 20 percent as of July.

In addition, the global sales of BD players (I'm not sure if PS3s are included in Meade's figures) in proportion to all video players, will rise to 15 percent from 7 percent year-on-year. Meade also noted that for the first half of 2008, sales volume of BD players increased 400 percent in the US and an astonishing 600 percent in Europe.

As a ratio, Meade says DVDs will hold a 75:25 percent lead over their HD counterparts by the end of 2008 and a 60:40 lead by the end of 2010 before losing out in 2011 by a margin that could be as small as 48:52.

From : http://www.afterdawn.com/

Sony Ericsson W910i : A phone with advanced features

PRLog (Press Release) –
Aug 02, 2008 – As mentioned above, Sony Ericsson name always
relates to quality music mobile phones. Their phones always have
brilliant feature of advanced music players, due to which they are very
popular among the younger

generation and all the music lovers. Even the sound output of these
mobile phones is much better than all the other phones that exists in
market today. Along with their tremendous music player feature, the
phones from Sony Ericsson also comes with a highly attractive feature
like built-in camera. The camera of the phones from Sony Ericsson are
always capable of capturing crystal clear images in any circumstances,
whatsoever.
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However, with the W910i, Sony Ericsson has desperately tried to
break their image of producing music mobile phones. In fact by
manufacturing this phone, they want to be regarded as the makers of
complete mobile phones not just as the makers of music mobile phones .
Those phones which have all the best features and appeals to the
customers of today's time. This phone comes loaded with all kind of
advanced features and state-of-the-

art technology.



The Sony Ericsson W910i can be tagged as a phone, which every
customer desires to possess. The unique feature of this widget is its
3G HSDPA network capability, which gives the users a connectivity speed
of 3.6 MB per second. Talking about its looks and design, this phone
just leaves behind other phones of this section. It is a phone that has
got smart looks and very sophisticated design. Its sleek looks are
complemented by its dimensions of 99 x 50 x 12.5 mm. Moreover, the
icing on the cake is its weight which is just 86 grams, very light by
every standard. Besides marvellous looks and slim body, it also has a
large TFT display screen. The TFT display screen of this phone is 2.4
inches in size and also has got the resolution of 240 x 320 pixels. It
can also support around 256000 colours.

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The user memory of Sony Ericsson W910i is its another main feature.
It has got an internal memory of 40 MB. Owing to its abundant user
memory, this phone can also keep the details of last 30 dialled,
received and missed calls. In addition to it, this phone also comes
with a feature of photocall. Talking about the data storage, this phone
can store numerous music files.



In addition, Sony Ericsson W910i also has GPRS of class 10 and
EDGE. Again for better connectivity, this phone comes with built-in
Bluetooth and 3G HSDPA network. The messaging part is also one of the
major feature of this phone as it allows the users to send and receive
SMS, MMS, EMS and E-mails. It also allows the users to do instant
messaging. Available in shining and scintillating colours of hearty red
and havana bronze, this phone has got a built-in camera of 2
megapixels. The camera can capture very high quality images with fine
finish. The battery's stand by time is around 400 hours.Last and the
most important feature of this phone, its music capabilities. It has
got FM radio with RDS and Walkman 3.0 player which gives the users the
liberty of enjoying the music of their own choice. Besides that, this
phone has also got the TrackID recognition feature which gives all the
information about the playing track. Thus to conclude, one can say that
the Sony Ericsson W910i is a mobile phone to reckon with. It is because
it has got all the excellent features in it.

From : http://www.prlog.org/

Louis Vuitton Logo Lawsuit In the Bag

The popular LV logo that is Louis Vuitton's legacy is synonymous
with luxury and indulgence--which means that it is often co-opted, and
often by musicians. Lil Kim once did a photo shoot with LV's painted in
brown and tan all over her face and body. Rappers, in particular, have
always gravitated to the luxury brand. Kanye West has referred to
himself as "the Louis Vuitton Don." Jessica Simpson carries Louis
Vuitton bags ubiquitously.



But Louis Vuitton was not flattered recently when Britney Spears used
the logo without permission. She appeared in a music video in a car
covered with LV's. Ruben Studdard also used an LV without permission on
a CD jacket. As a result of this, Louis Vuitton decided to go after
their record label, SONY BMG, for allowing its artists to use their
logo unapproved, according to Crain's.

SONY BMG and Louis Vuitton reached an agreement that is meant to be
somewhere about $300,000--and it sends a message to labels, artists,
and anyone in the public who likes luxe logos: expensive labels come at
a price.

From : http://www.portfolio.com/