Connect the Xbox 360 Live in Your Car or Boat
Need to connect your new Xbox 360 to the Internet from your car or boat? The WavBoard EV1 is the perfect solution. The WavBoard EV1 uses cellular broadband to put an Internet connection in a moving vehicle. Passengers can be playing Xbox 360 Live while others surf the web on their laptops.
Developed by Omniwav Mobile, the small 2” x 4” x 10” WavBoard EV1 is now compatible with the Sprint PCS network as well as Verizon Wireless. There is a vehicle package for $979.00 and a marine package for ID="MainNewsBlog",495.00. Monthly service is $59.00-$79.00 for unlimited use.
Service is currently available in more than 60 metro areas and will be available nationwide in 2006. The broadband connection averages speeds of 500-800 kbps and even works while the car is cruising down the freeway.
Surround Yourself
It is Harry Potter's fourth year at Hogwarts, and the big event of the semester is the perilous and prestigious TriWizard Tournament. Harry is too young to enter, but somehow his name is selected by the magical Goblet which puts forward the contestants, an act that forces him to partake.
His nomination causes consternation among his fellow pupils (in particular best bud Ron), but the reckless new Defense Against the Dark Arts teacher Alastor "MadEye" Moody (Brendan Gleeson) offers sound advice for the competition.
Meanwhile Harry is plagued by suspiciously realistic nightmares about evil dark lord Voldemort, and finds himself engaging in his first teenage crush.
Console and PC gamers have long been divided into two camps. Sure, there are those of us who play on multiple platforms, but hard-core PC gamers tend to be, well, hard-core PC gamers and eschew "mainstream" console games, while committed console gamers can sometimes be heard bashing PC gamers as elitist nerds. While there's nothing wrong with drawing your own distinction, what's clear--at least for the moment, anyway--is that Microsoft's Xbox 360 makes the line between PC and console gaming a lot fuzzier. Yes, this is a console, with game controllers and A/V cables that are designed to interface with your TV--preferably of the HD variety--but Microsoft has essentially packed a high-end PC gaming rig into a relatively small box that fits into any A/V rack or cabinet. That the Xbox 360 also has a user interface that rivals TiVo's in terms of slick presentation and ease of use, plus a host of digital media and networking features, helps elevate the already-good Xbox experience to a whole new level.
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