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Nintendo DS web browser confirmed!
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PSP officially has a new internet browser and PDA rival, seeing that typing words will be easier now with the DS's Touch Screen. I can bet people will start to go crazy with this browser when it comes out, and I am not going to be the exception. The only problem is that I can't afford it for now, but I can still use my PC or Wii to browse the Internet. Discuss. |
Oooh...handy. I'll have to pick up the USB dongle; my network has WPA, and I'm not about to downgrade back to WEP.
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Seems like a nice gadget. But it looks more like a novelty item to me, more than anything.
Then again, the whole DS and video game concept is a novelty, not exactly a neccesity. I'm likely to get it, if it's not too expensive. I've got games to buy, you know. |
I'd rather just use the computer if I need to do Internetting. The Opera Web browser looks nice and all, but I find it too inconvenient to use the Wii for that. Plus, I feel like I should be busy finding crap in Twilight Princess.
I imagine the same thing would happen here, except my frustration would be on a smaller screen. |
I'd use it more for mobility purposes; I don't have a laptop to lug around, and yet sometimes I just have to be on the internet. Go go wardriving!
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Generally speaking, though, you'd have to be near a wireless network to be able to connect to the internet. For me, this means either being at home or being on campus, and I can always use one of the computers in the lab for that. (Even if they are all Mac's).
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It's no different than with a laptop, Ten. And the DS Is alot more easy to carry around. From what I can tell, it has basic flash and image support. I haven't come across an image link it can't display, and most flash and java based videos have played on it.
The only real problem is since it's a DS, the browser moves at dial-up speeds... And the whole WPA/WEP thing is funny. I haven't found it to really even be a downgrade going to WEP, especially if you use 128-bit encryption. :) |
There are times when I need to be on the internet at home, and yet I can't swing it due to others on the computer. Plus, I know there's a WiFi network that totally isn't being broadcast from my friend's house using a parabolic antenna so it hits about half the school and allows for browsing without restrictions. >_>
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Well, I agree with the fact that it's like a smaller laptop for Internetting. Still, I'd rather just use a computer for that. If I got a free one, Hint, Hint then I would use it, but I just can't really justify the purchase to myself since I already have this.
It's more me being cheap than having any real problems with the browser itself, and since I already have other options I don't want to get another. |
And I was wrong regarding flash/java, I was thinking of Opera on the Wii, not the DS. The DS has image support, but no movies. I was talking to someone that tested it and he mis-spoke on it. :P
But it's a handy little browser, now that I've actually had my hands on it. |
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