AOL Messenger on Wii

AOL Messenger on Wii

A special version of AOL Instant Messenger is apparently on its way to the Wii, the program is called "WiiAIM". The development team behind it also created AIM for a little known handheld machine called the PSP.

It's hard to see this taking off without a real keyboard to use.

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Rob Jones

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wiiman said:

A keyboard for this would be nice. It would be too hard to respond fast. This can be good with the right elements.

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Elementrat said:

Zomg! MSN IS better! But this is still pretty cool. Maybe even cool enough for me to finally make an AIM account. I have neglected to do so for quite a while now. I don't see MSN coming anytime soon as its owned by Microsoft.

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LOZfan said:

AOL make your decision, are you on Nintendo's side or are you on sony's side.

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TDS said:

What a great idea! It is good to see people developing for the channels. A Bluetooth keyboard would not be impossible.

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quartzlcc said:

MSN- stupid. AIM needed to be on the Wii, awesome!

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Ekaj185 said:

USB keyboard. That works for most of my stuff.

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Master Foot said:

This would not fly without keyboard support. Sorry, the wiimote does not win this one.

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cmk said:

Mayhaps a sidekick-style wiimote slip in attachment a la the classic controller mock up? Or, just a keyboard. Or even usb keyboard support. I don't actually care.

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stinky12694 said:

Wiiman, it should plug into the nunchuck/classic controller usb port.

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Wii Freak said:

They should make a Wii Keyboard.

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HOMEgrown said:

Yeah a Wiiboard would be perfect for this and web browsing.

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Koen van Beeck said:

Awww. I wanted MSN. I tried MSN Webmessenger on Wii's Opera channel. No such luck, heh.

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Bang em Banks said:

Keyboard is a must or Wii can forget about it, just like playstion 3 can forget about being the must have gaming console. Sony you dropped the ball, sucks to be you.

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cmk said:

Homegrown, nice! Wiiboard!

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TDS said:

Oooooh. A Wiiboard. I like that name. Nintendo better copyright that in a hurry! Attaches right to the Wiimote. Nice and small, no keypad or F-Keys needed. That would be handy!

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lews001 said:

Did none of you notice the 2 usb ports on the back of your Wii? Duh, usb keyboard.

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Gonzo said:

Good information anyway. The only bad thing, like they said is that there is no keyboard or anything like that.

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BrothaZ said:

All right. Only going to say once. If drunk and want to read too bad. Not going to repeat myself. Wii is great and the whole WORLD is on it's side now. The whole WORLD. Bush, iraq, david spade. Mike tyson, whatever!

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Wow said:

Pssh. After I got out of my multi-day span of playing Zelda non-stop, I went to meebo, a messenger site. It works, if you have an internet connection. I thought about the USB ports, but I don't think a wireless keyboard would work. Anyone tried it?

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