Old wii?!?

i bought a wii last week and i just found out that the hand strap things r the same as the original ones.... meaning that they arent the new better improved ones.... does this mean that a bought one of the launch wiis...at least i tihnk i didnt cuz on launch day the store didnt have them in stock till last week.....Also i was looking at the wii FAQ's and one of the questions was if the wii could play cds and dvds and the answer was "no, the 2006 wii systems cannot play cds or dvds" or something like that so is there gonna be an updated one??