Audience Rating: To Be Announced
Binding: Video Game
Brand: Nintendo
EAN: 0045496463489
Label: Nintendo
Manufacturer: Nintendo
Manufacturer Maximum Age: 216 months
Manufacturer Minimum Age: 36 months
MPN: 1824746
Platform: Nintendo DS
Publisher: Nintendo
Release Date: October 05, 2006
Studio: Nintendo

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Editorial Review:

Amazon.co.uk Review::
In a nutshell:
The DS finally gets its very own Web browser, as Nintendo firmly embraces the Internet age and finds some clever new uses for the touch screen and stylus.

The lowdown:
The DS Browser comes on both its own DS cartridge and a memory pack that fits into the GBA slot of your DS (there are two version of the Browser, with memory packs to fit either the original DS or the DS Lite). The obvious benefit of surfing the Web on a DS is the large screen area afforded by two screens and the stylus - which also makes typing in Web addresses a lot easier. The problems though are a low screen resolution and the fact that the browser doesn't support Flash files, movie files, sound files, PDFs or anything else that needs a plug-in to work. As long as you recognise the limitations though, this is still a cheap and easy way to access the Internet when on the move.

Most exciting moment:
The big problem with accessing the Web outside of PC monitor is that it doesn't all fit on screen at once. The DS overcomes this problem in perhaps the most elegant manner yet, with an option to put an overview of the whole page on the top screen while letting you scroll around on a zoomed in version on the touch screen.

Since you ask:
The DS Browser is based on a PC application called Opera, developed by Opera Software. The same company is also creating a version of the browser for use with the Wii console, which will be free for the first six months of the console's life.

The bottom line:
Surf the Web on the move, but don't expect an entirely smooth ride. -HARRISON DENT




Rating: - Quick if you accept it for what it is
I bought this on a whim as well. But I cannot agree it is slow. I found it very easy to connect to my wireless network. I only have a 1mb Tiscali Broadband connection as we live outside London. If you try to view the BBC website for instance then yes it takes a few seconds. But why do that? There are plenty of Mobile or PDA versions of popular websites, including a very good BBC version and also Ebay, and these are very quick. I find this browser a lot of fun and I use it all the time. A brilliant ... Read More

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Rating: - Not very impressive
It works okay with hot spots and WEP networks, but we have WPA security at home which is not supported, so I hardly ever use it. The screen is really not ideal for browsing anyway so it's a fun idea, but at the end of the day is fairly pointless.

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Rating: - ds browser
this is one of the best gadgets i have bought in a long time, allows me to accsess all the things i want like email, bank accounts, ebay, amazon etc. yes it is slow and no you can't watch videos but anyone expecting more on the ds is daft. even with broadband some pages can be a little slow sometimes, but remeber when we was on dial-up it could take ages for a page to load so to criticise the small ds for this is not fair. i do not have a lap top so it is great being able to look at things in another ... Read More

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Rating: - Perfect for what it is
As other reviewers have said this browser can't and won't replace the PC. However I don't think anyone who understood the product seriously expected it to. It should instead be compared to other portable internet browsers like 3G phones, PDA's, Blackberries Ect.

Unfortunately that's not a comparison I can make myself as I don't own any of those things. But that's why I bought the DS browser. I've found myself travelling a lot lately and needing to get online when I do. I don't own a Blackberry ... Read More

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Rating: - Absolutely rubbish ( for macs !)
I thought at first this would be a good thing since I'm only 10 and I don't have a laptop.
When I first got it I searched for the connection and it told me to do some kind of set up. I did this eventually, but with difficulty finding the information, especially the wep [as we have WPA] code and it still didnt work. We have a mac so the wi fi connector will not work with this because that also only works on microsoft.This information should be available before buying it. It is possible if you wave wep ... Read More

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