Nintendo Wii Like Cell Phones Arrive in May

via Cleveland Leader

Love your Nintendo Wii but lament you can't have it everywhere you go? NTT DoCoMo, a Japanese cell phone maker, has made a cell phone with Wii Like gameplay. The new product will hit Japan in May but the company has not announced any plans to bring the product here. If it proves to be a hit, I wouldn't be surprised to see the company roll them out for the Holiday rush.

"Traditionally in trains youngsters would be staring down at their phones playing games but that is going to change dramatically," said Takeshi Natsuno, senior vice president of NTT DoCoMo.

The new product is a collaboration between tech heavyweights Mitsubishi Electric Co. Ltd., Matsushita Electric Industrial Co. Ltd. (Panasonic) and Sharp Corp. The device runs on 3G so not only will the phone have gaming, it will run on high speed internet.

For the equivalent of $8 a month users can purchase a Napster subscription that will allow them to store songs on the new device. NTT DoCoMo says its "new product going to take the offensive" among challengers in the cell phone market which is growing competitive in the last few years.