Nintendo DS Web Browser & TV Tuner
Not too long ago I purchased a Nintendo DS light system. Shortly after buying the system I started to hear rumors of a web browser for the DS system. I researched the topic and found it to be true. Opera software apparently has a contract with Nintendo to develop and release a web browser for the Nintendo DS system [1].
The Nintendo DS Web Browser will use both screens for viewing web content. The bottom screen will using the stylus to select portions of the page which will then show on the top screen at a closer magnification. The DS will also be able to see a web site in its entirety using both screens at the same time. Content will be able to be entered into the site by means of the stylus. In a video demo of the Nintendo DS Web Borrower, we see a user entering Japanese characters into a web form by drawing the character into the screen.
And if surfing the Internet from the Nintendo DS isn’t exiting enough, there is word going around stating that a TV service is also planed for the Nintendo DS system. A excerpt from an article published in ds.ign.com:
Perhaps even more exciting is an accessory that converts the DS into a television. Starting in April, a service called 1seg (pronounced One Seg) will begin airing digital broadcasts for mobile devices throughout Japan. A number of cell phones capable of receiving the broadcasts have been announced, and now Nintendo is getting in on the action with the tentatively named DS Terrestrial Digital Broadcast Receiver Card. [http://ds.ign.com/articles/688/688911p1.html]
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