Nintendo DS to get it's own web browser

[PkmnTrainerJ]

The Opera browser for Nintendo DS is a version of the Opera browser for logging onto the internet with the WiFi-enabled Nintendo DS. Using the DS card, you can connect to a network via a HotSpot or wireless router, and begin browsing on two screens. With an on-screen keypad and stylus, users can easily navigate the Web from their Nintendo DS with PDA-like functionality. The two screens are used for multifunction purposes -- both can show one web page together, or one can show a zoomed-in view of the page, and when typing, the bottom screen shows the text being entered while the top shows the webpage you are on.

[Benji]

Thank fuck, that was the one major thing I was missing on the DS

Fuck the PSP, I stand by my decision.

[Heroin Bob]

I read about this a few days ago. I'm so tempted to get this. Too bad they can't make Firefox for the DS though. >_>

[Guest Helmed Horror]

Yeah also read about this a few days ago. While I may not have much use for it at the moment, I am still quite interested as to how it turns out.

[kliq]

I'm seriously contemplating buying a DS now.

[Guest muddatrucker]

I don't own either system, but the DS is shite graphically compared to the PS and this is one of those features that are pretty useless in the long run, I'd be no more inclined to buy one.

[kliq]

See I've wanted to buy a DS for a while, mainly for the games that are likely to be released for it at some point (Mario and Zelda) in the future, the web browser is a plus. It's actually the first Nintendo console I've never bought at launch.

[Herr Matzat]

i´ed rather have an iBook to be able to work everywere and use hotspots to send that stuff around, so i am not bound to work at my home and work computers all the time anymore, than have a handheld gaming device to conect me to the net so i wast my free time on gaming and surfing on a miniatur screen... i´ll never understand wer people get all the time from, i barly have time to even play my PS2 and PC games, not to speak of getting an NGC to buy even more games that i have no time to play, and other folks are running around with 10000 games for 1000 platforms and cannot even use the slightest break they have to not game becaus they have a screwy little handheld around :-/

now go ahead, shout at me for being an ideot...

[Dan]

What the fuck is the point in a browser on the DS?

It has no way of saving data so downloading music/videos is a no-no.

The most you can do is check the news and stuff.

[Heroin Bob]

And post here.

[kliq]

What the fuck is the point in a browser on the DS?

It has no way of saving data so downloading music/videos is a no-no.

The most you can do is check the news and stuff.

I don't download many music/video files on my PC nowadays, should I not have a web browser on it?

[PkmnTrainerJ]

What the fuck is the point in a browser on the DS?

It has no way of saving data so downloading music/videos is a no-no.

The most you can do is check the news and stuff.