Wiimote Mic! REAL!

Check this out. This peek into the Wii remote hardware by CNN Money and Fortune 500 magazine reveals an Audio Translator chip on the back of the circuitboad for the remote. The description is as follows:

Audio translator
Manufactured and designed in the Philippines and Japan by Rohm

Function: Converts analog data such as human speech into a digital data stream. This feature is unused now but will probably be employed in future games.

Estimated Cost: $2.00

Has there been a microphone in this thing all along? Or at least, the potential for one once a light-on-hardware microphone or headset is plugged into the Wii? While a microphone wouldn't be a huge revelation (as EA's Boogie and Disney Interactive's High School Musical are set to use microphones), the fact that it's been built in all along would be a huge thing.

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What do you think?
Cool huh? Wii remote hidden function?
Hmm..

COMMENT!

is it this

The mic?
Or did you meant.. The image? o.o
ramoneitor23

[QUOTE="ramoneitor23"]The mic?
Or did you meant.. The image? o.o
JonDohJersey

i looked at the link in the linkbar (w/e u call it) in the pc and here is teh link

note: from the link i looked the cost of each part given, total camee out to be $10.25

figure the plastic is 2.00 (guess)

buttons are 1.50 (guess)

manufacturing costs 5 (not bout this)

plus packaging which is probably 2 dollars

so add that 10.50 to that

total= 20.75 (guestimate)

Speach translator is not the same as a mic.Duckman5

Lol.. yeah I'm sorry.. i edited.
Its clearly now?

How can they charge 2 bucks for it? If u buy the wiimote then you buy the wiimote with the speaker right? MangoLlamas

i think its talking bout the price for that chip or product ot be made/put in the wiimote

[QUOTE="Duckman5"]Speach translator is not the same as a mic.ramoneitor23

Lol.. yeah im sorry.. i edited.
Its clearly now?

Also we've kinda known about this for a couple months now....but thanks anyway.

[QUOTE="MangoLlamas"]How can they charge 2 bucks for it? If u buy the wiimote then you buy the wiimote with the speaker right? daprofesa

i think its talking bout the price for that chip or product ot be made/put in the wiimote

i got interesting images about this..

How do i add images?

Its confusing..

[QUOTE="daprofesa"]

[QUOTE="MangoLlamas"]How can they charge 2 bucks for it? If u buy the wiimote then you buy the wiimote with the speaker right? ramoneitor23

i think its talking bout the price for that chip or product ot be made/put in the wiimote

i got interesting images about this..

How do i add images?

Its confusing..

You may need to be Level 3 to post images, but i'm not sure.

[QUOTE="ramoneitor23"][QUOTE="daprofesa"]

[QUOTE="MangoLlamas"]How can they charge 2 bucks for it? If u buy the wiimote then you buy the wiimote with the speaker right? the_leet_kid

i think its talking bout the price for that chip or product ot be made/put in the wiimote

i got interesting images about this..

How do i add images?

Its confusing..

You may need to be Level 3 to post images, but i'm not sure.

You do.

Nintendo just make a mic!! Simple = /

Cool.

Nintendo just make a mic!! Simple = /

XxgAmErXX6655

Nothing is that simple with nintendo. x_x

[QUOTE="XxgAmErXX6655"]

Nintendo just make a mic!! Simple = /

Duckman5

Nothing is that simple with nintendo. x_x