Firmware version 3.00 has been released at last. New features include a digital clock in the Wii menu, faster channel load and quit times and Wii Shop updates among other things. Also, depending on your console's region, your firmware revision will have an E for Europe, Australia and Oceana, a J for Japan or a U for USA in the firmware version. So us Aussies will have V3.00E.

From Wii.Nintendo.Com:
Feature additions on your Wii console when it is updated to version 3 from version 2:

Wii Menu
The weather forecast will now be displayed on the Forecast Channel icon in the Wii Menu.
Headline news will now be displayed on the News Channel icon in the Wii Menu.
The current time will now be displayed in the Wii Menu.
The area around the Wii Message Board button will now flash when a message arrives.

Wii Message Board
You're now able to rearrange the order of your Wii Friends in the address book.
You're now able to go into the Wii Friends registration screen by pressing the A Button on a blank spot in the address book.
Envelope message icons will now appear on the calendar only on the dates when a message is received.
Your message sending history will now be displayed in Today's Accomplishments.
You can now scroll the message text by pressing the B button on the message screen.

Wii Shop Channel
The search function on Virtual Console has been enhanced.

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