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wii fit price and release date revealed [updated]

home entertainment | video games

Wii Fit at E3 2007

For those of you who just can’t wait to start getting in shape with your Nintendo, it looks like the exercise “game” Wii Fit now has a price an release date.

Gamestop is now listing a pre-order release date of January 1, 2008, along with a $69.99 retail price, including the required Balance Board peripheral…

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August 6th, 2007 7 comments stumble it! author: technabob

wii fit: lose weight while gaming

home entertainment | video games

Nintendo Wii Balance Board

Nintendo today revealed Wii Fit, a new “game” for the Wii that’s all about fitness. What’s interesting about this is the new controller that ships with the game.

The small, flat controller, called the “Wii Balance Board,” lays on the ground and detects your body movements as you exercise…

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July 11th, 2007 3 comments stumble it! author: technabob

wii weights: get a real workout while playing

strange and wonderful | video games

Wii Weights

If you’ve played the Nintendo Wii for any reasonable amount of time, you know that you can actually work up a pretty decent sweat while playing some games. Now you can really get a workout by adding these Wii Weights to your wrists.

These Wii wrist weights feature adjustable inserts, ranging from 1lb. to 4lbs…

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February 8th, 2007 1 comment stumble it! author: technabob

usb gadget reminds you to watch your posture

computing | gadgets

Visomate USB Posture Monitor

If you have a tendency to slouch when working at your computer like I sometimes do, you might want to think about this little gadget that’s been around in Hong Kong for a while, but just now hitting our shore thanks to Chinese gadget exporter, Brando.

The Visomate is a little LED device that plugs into your USB port and keeps watch on the position of your

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January 26th, 2007 1 comment stumble it! author: technabob

soda claims to aid calorie burning

future tech

This new soft drink from Coca-Cola and Nestl

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October 13th, 2006 2 comments stumble it! author: technabob

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