DS to get Opera web browser!

teh_captain · 15 Feb 2006 at 09:11

Official press release

This can only be a good thing!

Just got to wait for it to find its way to Europe!

t3h :cool:

Sagalout · 15 Feb 2006 at 09:22

fantastic - should be a lot easier and faster to launch and use than the psp browser

punky_munky · 15 Feb 2006 at 09:30

I just about to start a thread about this. There were some hints from Reggie last week and I am suprised something has come about so quickly. I am very very pleased that they're using opera though as anyone who has experienced the mobile versions will know that it is a joy to use.

Tunney · 15 Feb 2006 at 09:41

Apparently it's going to cost $32 though!

That hardly seems fair when Sony give NetFront away for free.

nintenjo · 15 Feb 2006 at 09:47

well thats cus this is a 3rd party trying to give you the net.. Not nintendo themselfs.. But id still pay $32 for it.. thats only about £17 .. Plus think of all the flash games you could play on it with the stylus.

Tunney · 15 Feb 2006 at 10:01

I don't see any mention of Flash support...

And $32 is a lot of money considering virtually all web-browsers can be had for free.

pumaz · 15 Feb 2006 at 10:05

I think we'll see it for £19.99 which i don't mind paying at all as it will be a lot more functional than the PSP browser. My only reservation will be trying to view a web page on a fairly low resolution screen.

If the DS was given some sort of storage option like a legal equivalent of the Supercard (a cartridge that fits in the GBA slot and accepts flash memory). Then the sky would be the limit as it would be able to do just about everying a PDA/PPC can do including playing music, videos, photo's. Other things possible would be stuff like a word proccessor and Sat Nav.

With the event of a web browser and the possibility of a storage solution the DS could be the ultimate portable device.

More info on the browser and other things here Click

R^T · 15 Feb 2006 at 10:33

Seems the DS is going from strengh to strengh.

Even more of an incetive to get one.

Sagalout · 15 Feb 2006 at 10:49

I'm amazed they arent doing the new ds lite in pink. They were a huge hit at xmas.

pumaz · 15 Feb 2006 at 11:15

Sagalout said:
I'm amazed they arent doing the new ds lite in pink. They were a huge hit at xmas.

This xmas perhaps

punky_munky · 15 Feb 2006 at 13:24

Tunney said:
I don't see any mention of Flash support...

And $32 is a lot of money considering virtually all web-browsers can be had for free.

It's a bit different for the DS though, there's no low cost way of distributing it and for £19.99 I don't think many people will complain.

Dual screen browsing should be quite good. It seems the bottom screen will be zoomed out view and top screen an easier to read version.

Hopefully they will provide a few KB of memory to save favourites and what not.

Not sure about flash support, is the DS even fast enough to cope with it? Some vector stuff is pretty processor intensive.