Nintendo is offering a free Wiimote Wrist Strap upgrade for everyone that bought the Wii before they started to ship them with better straps. You can order your own here. I ordered four a while back and they finally came in last week. You’ll have to see the pictures to believe how stronger the new ones are.

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Its thinner than a Razr and it comes with half a gig of storage for all your ITunes needs. The only odd thing I found about this phone was that there was no headset jack. The headset that comes with the phone connects through the one mini USB port found on its side. However, you can charge the phone by just plugging the USB into a computer, just like an Ipod. This is a lot better for me since I’m running short on outlets.

The SLVR is basically a candy-bar version of the Razr. It has the same steel keypad backlit in blue. Its picture is a bit crisper, since it has the same amount of pixels (176 x 220) in a smaller screen. Also, the keys are raised, which won’t really make a difference for me but it’ll be nice for all the kids who text message.

I don’t know how long the battery lasts since I only got the phone today, but I doubt it will last that long with Bluetooth and ITunes both running at the same time.

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A 360! I was going to get Gears of War, but they didn’t have it so I settled for COD3. It turns out that the 360 controller is a tad bit more sensitive than the normal Xbox controller, so I still suck at playing FPS games on it, and COD3’s checkpoint system doesn’t help either. I think I’ve played the same 15 minutes over and over again for at least an hour.

Anyways, the 360 turned out to be a pretty cool system. I have it synced with Media Center on my laptop so I can listen to music while I’m playing. The only problem I had with this was that I couldn’t let my laptop go wireless. I had to connect it to the router with a wire and that was sort of a let down. But one cool thing about the 360 was its marketplace. You can start downloads, go play some game, and the downloads will continue on in the background. Then, once its finished, you’ll get a little pop up that tells you its done. I know it doesn’t really sound all that cool, but its something that the PS3 lacks. On the PS3, once you start a download, you have to let it sit at the download screen. I’m sure Sony will fix it later on in a firmware update, but for now its another reason why the system I own is better.

The only thing that REALLY sucks about the 360 is that I suck at Halo on the 360. I bet Roby could beat me. I guess Xbox games need to stay on the Xbox.

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Look what I picked up during my visit to India:

It turns out that the swastika is some important Hindu symbol. I didn’t see it all that often, but I guess its because there aren’t that many Hindus were I went. Now I just need to mount it tilted a little bit so my relatives stop staring at me whenever they see it. Till then, it’ll sit where it is now.

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