In order to use Twiiter you start by creating an account that includes a Wii friend code. Then you send a Wii message to twiit@wiioperasdk.com and the site then registers your system. When your console receives a confirmation message, you are ready to start posting. This allows for any registered user to send Twiiter messages that are posted as mini-blogs for everyone to see. It also offers the opportunity for users to create custom RSS feeds, while non-members can view all recent activity.
This service has only been announced for Wii users. However, there is certainly a possibility that this service could come to the DSi Opera browser.
After several weeks of beta testing, a new section to WiiOperaSDK.com has been opened for owners of the popular Wii console. This project, called "Twiiter", is modeled after Twitter but made just for the Wii. Twiiter is a free Wii-centric bloglet website that allows members to send messages from their Wii consoles that post for everyone to see. Members can create uniquely customized RSS Newsfeeds to keep up with friends, and non-members can view an RSS Newsfeed of all recent activity.
To set up for twiiting, simply sign up at http://twiiter.wiioperasdk.com with a Wii System Code (Anyone with a HullBreach Online account is already a member.), then register the Wii Message Board with twiit@
. Once Nintendos server accepts registration, any future emails from the Wii post to Twiiter with the appropriate member name. Posts can include HTML rich text, several IRC-style commands, and 20 different smilies. Other features of the website include custom avatars, member subscriptions, an RSS Newsfeed of recent posts, and unique customized RSS newsfeeds for each member.
Also in the works are alerts emailed right to the Wii Message Board, customized website skinning, and SOAP Web Services for remotely creating accounts, filtering posts, and more. Depending on the capabilities of the Nintendo DSi, a mobile version of Twiiter may come later for posting messages on-the-go.
URL: http://twiiter.wiioperasdk.com
I think this clip pretty much sums up my thoughts on this news: http://current.com/items/89891774/supernews_twouble_with_twitters.htm
Only even more pointless since it's based on a home console.
This seems largely superfluous, I don't really see the point.
now there is some potential for a system that auto tweets your status
"playing world at war"
"reading the news"
"dancing to Disney tunes" (oop! err, i mean Shootin ZOMBIES, yeah that's it)
the xbox has something like that already. i suppose if we had acheivements it would make more sense. but if we had achievements I think i'd be doing something else.
I've never even heard of Twitter prior to this announcement. The Internet has reached a new low, which is really saying something.This seems largely superfluous, I don't really see the point.I said that about the entirety of Twitter.
Twitter doesn't make sense until you get an iPhone. Then, everything changes. The ability to set up what is effectively an RSS feed of your thoughts is pretty damn fun, and can also be incredibly useful...and addictive.
Twitter doesn't make sense until you get an iPhone. Then, everything changes. The ability to set up what is effectively an RSS feed of your thoughts is pretty damn fun, and can also be incredibly useful...and addictive.
I've never even heard of Twitter prior to this announcement. The Internet has reached a new low, which is really saying something.This seems largely superfluous, I don't really see the point.I said that about the entirety of Twitter.
Twitter doesn't make sense until you get an iPhone. Then, everything changes. The ability to set up what is effectively an RSS feed of your thoughts is pretty damn fun, and can also be incredibly useful...and addictive.
I've never even heard of Twitter prior to this announcement. The Internet has reached a new low, which is really saying something.
I still stand, however, by the fact that this doesn't replace actual conversation.
Twitter doesn't make sense until you get an iPhone. Then, everything changes. The ability to set up what is effectively an RSS feed of your thoughts is pretty damn fun, and can also be incredibly useful...and addictive.Then how does a Wii version make sense? It seems to spit in the face of the convenient aspect of it.
I don't follow Internet fads either, and I highly doubt this is as big as FaceBook or MySpace and I can only hope it doesn't get there...And you tell me Trackmania can't be big because you've never heard of it?I've never even heard of Twitter prior to this announcement. The Internet has reached a new low, which is really saying something.This seems largely superfluous, I don't really see the point.I said that about the entirety of Twitter.
Well if you're going to write something off because you can do something really stupid with it you shouldn't be using the internet at all because there are some incredibly stupid things on there.
