Topic: DS Opera Browser Announced for Europe

[NWR_Karlie]

The Internet and your DS unite on the 6th October 2006.

TOUCH-SCREEN INTERNET IN THE PALM OF YOUR HAND    

- Nintendo DS connects with the Opera web browser-    

8th August 2006 – Since November last year Nintendo users have been enjoying simple, safe and free Nintendo Wi-Fi connection service* which to date already has approximately 1.7 million unique users. Now Nintendo is expanding its service offering to include an internet browser from Opera Software, optimised to run on the Nintendo DS. The Nintendo DS Browser launches across Europe on 6th October 2006.    

The Nintendo DS Browser is a convenient web browser, which enables Nintendo DS users to surf the web, check and send emails, bank and shop online and even communicate with their friends in live chat. The Nintendo DS Browser features a built-in history function allowing users to bookmark their favourite sites and it has a fast start up time making it quick and easy to connect to the internet, at home or away.  Nintendo DS owners can use the browser to connect to Wi-Fi environments at home, a public Wi-Fi hotspot or one of Nintendo’s free Wi-Fi hotspots.    

By using the unique interface of the Nintendo DS, users can effortlessly surf the web as if they were using a keyboard and mouse. The stylus can be used to activate hyperlinks and click around pages. For typing in URLs and filling in complicated information users can employ an onscreen digital keyboard and the console’s handwriting recognition system.    

Web sites can be viewed through the Nintendo DS Browser using two main modes. Overview Mode shows the complete web site on one screen and areas which are highlighted will enlarge on the other screen. It also features Opera’s Fit-to-Width Mode where web sites will be adjusted to fit inside the two Nintendo DS screens, eliminating the need for horizontal scrolling.    

The Nintendo DS Browser will be available as a standard DS cartridge. To allow image or multimedia-heavy web sites to load quickly, it will come bundled with a Memory Expansion Pack, which boosts the system’s power. This pack fits snugly into the Game Boy Advance socket on the Nintendo DS and comes in two versions. One version is for the classic Nintendo DS and a smaller version is available to fit the slimmed down Nintendo DS Lite.    

Parents who wish to have more control over the internet sites their children access can set passwords required to activate the browser. In addition, Nintendo has partnered with Astaro to provide the option of a parental control which acts as a proxy filter to block inappropriate content.    

Connect to the limitless possibilities of the internet using your favourite hand-held games console.  The Nintendo DS Browser launches across Europe on 6th October 2006 for the estimated retail price of around £30.      

[edgeblade69]

Yes, but when will it come to the U.S.? Or will it?

[MaryJane]

what is with this sudden trend of Nintendo giving Europeans better stuff than the U.S and before us too??

I thought we were #2 on the list?

Oh well.

[Ceric]

Because we were #2 they don't care about us anymore Perrin Kaplan said so.

[KDR_11k]

NoE gives us the occassional bonus to make up for their horrible delays. As a result I might be able to grab Elektroplankton for a fiver once stores realize it won't sell at all.

[Crimm]

NoA, don't make me have to import from Europe now too!

[KDR_11k]

Yeah, King of Swing seems to be a pretty nice game (for a twentier from Walmart because WM is retreating from Germany with their tails between their legs! Haha!) and Kurukuru Kururin is a great game for gamers and non-gamers alike. I hear they work great in that black DS Lite, too.

[Ceric]

:p  Walmart went into Germany with a terrible Strategies.  Let's have managers that don't speak the native language... or Lets have a Supercenter someplace that has a hard time with big store...  They should have broke the sections into individual shops and had at the very least native speaking managers.  Thought they were probably doom to fail no matter what.

[KDR_11k]

They could also have bothered to read the labour laws instead of trying to run everything "the american way". Oh and maybe they shouldn't have used ads that were dubbed worse than the worst anime or videogame dubs.

[Ceric]

Really... I want to see one of those.