Loaded: Doing the Fandango Video

Loaded: Doing the Fandango Video Transcript

>>[Background music] Movies.com is doing the Fandango. The Beatles may be coming to a Rock Band near you and your Wii is about to experience a "Force". It's Tuesday June 24th, I'm Natali Del Conte and it's time to get loaded.

>>[Background music] We'll start the morning with another acquisition by Nokia. The company has acquired Symbian in the mobile operating system, which its phones already use. Nokia already had a stake in Symbian, but now the company owns the remaining 52% that it previously did not. This could be the companies answer to Google's Andrade[assumed spelling] operating system which is expected to take the mobile world by storm. We'll have to wait to see exactly what the company does with the Symbian system, but I am hoping we'll see big changes in a more open platform way.

>>[Background music] Speaking of Android, the wait continues for Google's mobile operating system. The Wallstreet Journal is reporting that we won't see any phones running Andron until at least the fourth quarter of this year. Original projections were that they would be in the second half of 2008, so technically that is correct, but they're really pushing the deadline here. We're all anxious to see how this plays out, so stay tuned and we'll keep you posted.

>>[Background music] T-Mobile announced details of its prorated early termination plan this week. All carriers are under the gun to do this but T-Mobile is not exactly prorated, it's more like a tier. You either pay the full fee, $100 or $50, depending on which trimester of your contract you're in. However, the proration doesn't start until you are three quarters of the way through your two-year contract, which hardly seems fair. I think a daily prorated plan would be more fair, but this is at least a start until the FCC lays down the law.

>>[Background music] Now when you go to Movies.com, you'll be doing the Fandango. That's because Fandango, which is owned by Comcast has purchased Movies.com which was previously owned by Disney. The two sites are basically the same, except Fandango is easier to use, in my opinion. Fandango is the bigger deal though, with 6.3 million unique visitors in May compared to Movies.com, 1.9 million. Terms of the deal were not discussed.

>>[Background music] Leapfrog is an educational toy company that creates technology based learning products for children. They've created a new online interface that pairs with some of their new products and the Loaded crew stopped in for a quick demo. Take a look. ^M00:02:06 [ Music ] ^M00:02:13

>>[Background Music] The Leapfrog Learning Path which is being introduced later this summer. It is the first time Leapfrog is offering robust content for parents that provides insight into the skills their kids are working on in the Leapfrog products. Never before have parents been able to know exactly what skills they are working on and how they are progressing through those skills. The Leapfrog Learning path at Leapfrog.com/learning path is an opportunity for parents to have a personalized view into their child's progress in their Leapfrog products. Simply go to Leapfrog.com and create a parent account and it's free and available to anyone who does.

>>[Background music] The Path is available now, it's $49.99 and the books are $13.99. And the great thing about it is, it's for this early reader, ages four to eight, so really getting them engaged with reading at an early age and giving them a really fun interactive way to do it. This digital camera and a very, very small tip on the reader is reading microdots on a page and it's basically working as an imaging mapping system to bring pictures and words to life.

>>[Background music] Leapfrog really pioneered educational gaming in the last couple of years. It's seen a huge transition in that market for them. They've realized now, the power of developing learning through gaming. So what they've done is they've brought in-house, some fantastically, well respected game developers who are really upping the game, if you will, for experiences like Didj.

>>[Background music] For the first time parents can actually customize the learning that happens in each of the games. So imagine your child brings home a spelling list at the beginning of the week, you can now take those words, enter them here through the connect application and pull those into the games that your child is playing. So as they're playing their favorite game, they're actually working on their schoolwork.

>>[Background music] Leapster in its current state has been out in the market for five years and what really has been great about is that it's a great on the go gaming system. Parents love it for that reason and it's all about good for you gaming. They know that they can get this for their child and they're gonna learn and the child is going to have fun at the same time.

>>[Background music] Vista users are getting all the attention when it comes to sports coverage these days, first Wimbledon and now the Olympics. Vista users will be able to schedule automatic downloads of their favorite Olympic events to their Vista media center. The covers will come in regular format or HD for certain sports and the best part is that it's free. So now you don't have to miss any pole vaulting.

>>[Background music] This holiday season Wii owners will be able to channel their inner Jedi for a new Star Wars Wii game. The game is called Star Wars The Force Unleashed and it's set during the clone wars era, which means that classic characters like, Luke, Laya and Hun won't be there because it's before their time. It is not, however, before the time of the light saber, I'm already excited to use the Wii mode as a light saber. Someone's gonna get hurt.

>>[Background music] You could soon be playing the Walrus on Rock Band if a report by the Financial Times is correct. The site reports that E! Online Apple Corps, not to be confused with Apple computer, are in talks with MTV games and Activision to bring the fab four's tunes to Rock Band and Guitar Hero. It would strike me as funny if the Beatles skipped iTunes and went straight to Rock Band. You know my joke about has been bands releasing music straight to Rock Band? The Beatles wouldn't count.

>>[Background music] A select few of you may have noticed a new look when you visited Cnet.com today, that's because some users are part of the new beta release of the site re-design. The new site is launching gradually and the color scheme and layout are drastically different. I hope you like it; I have to say I really do. In addition to new color scheme we've got faster search function, a new EPI, so you'll see our content out and about. Anyway, check out Dan Farber's new post about at News.com and be sure to leave your feedback, we are listening.

>>[Background music] Those are your headlines today and I will be back tomorrow with more. Thanks for tuning in. I'm Natali Del Conte with CNET TV and you've just been loaded. ^M00:05:40 [ Music ] ^M00:05:45