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Game Forum / Nintendo / Game Boy / February 2006Nintendo Unveils DS Web Browser
http://ds.advancedmn.com/article.php?artid=3337 February 14, 2006 by: Eric Topf CONFIRMED: Nintendo announces several add-ons, games, and more at a DS Conference in Japan. Advanced Media has received word that one of several new announcements to be made at a Nintendo DS conference in Japan will be the unveiling of a new Web Browser for the dual-screen handheld. Early reports indicate that the browser will be powered by Opera Software technology. Several other exciting announcements are expected to be made at the conference and Advanced Media will be updating throughout the day on further breaking news and information coming out of Japan. ______________________________________________________________________________ older C&VG article that -pre-dates- today's conference where DS browser was announced http://tinyurl.com/c6xch DS PRIMED FOR DUAL-SCREEN WEB BROWSING? Reggie Fils-Aime talks up DS web browsing - but are you likely to be surfing the 'net with your DS any time soon? 12:03 With its two usable screens and handy touch-screen interface we're surprised that a Nintendo DS web browser is yet to hit the scene. By the looks of it though, Nintendo's vice president of sales and marketing, Reggie Fils-Aime, is just as surprised at this omission as we are - and plans to do something about it. Speaking to American games mag EGM, the Fiks-Aime explained, "We thought a licensee (third party) was getting into that area, and once we heard that we backed off", adding that Nintendo might develop the DS web browser itself. "If we end up seeing that nobody's really going to enter that space, it may be something that we'll go back and look at. I know that Mr. Iwata has talked about it." _____________________________________________ > http://ds.advancedmn.com/article.php?artid=3337 > > [snip] Hmm, I hope this is true, but I'm taking it with a pinch of salt for now... it's very true and very official http://www.nintendo.co.jp/ds/dsconference2006s/page13.html > it's very true and very official > > http://www.nintendo.co.jp/ds/dsconference2006s/page13.html in which case, I take it back, and add RAH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! more confirmation for you! http://www.opera.com/pressreleases/en/2006/02/15/ Giving gamers two windows to the Web: The Opera Browser for Nintendo DS Oslo, Norway - February 15, 2006: Opera Software today announced that it will deliver the World Wide Web to Nintendo DS users in Japan. In Opera's agreement with Nintendo, Nintendo DS users will now be able to surf the full Internet from their systems using the Opera browser. The Opera browser for Nintendo DS will be sold as a DS card. Users simply insert the card into the Wi- Fi enabled Nintendo DS, connect to a network, and begin browsing on two screens. Earlier this year, Nintendo reported that 13 million Nintendo DS systems were sold to consumers around the world within just 13 months of its debut in November 2004. Nintendo DS combines unique dual screens, touch screen, voice recognition and wireless and Wi-Fi communications capabilities. According to an independent market research company in Japan, Nintendo DS has become the fastest selling video games machine to top the six million sales mark in Japan in just over 14 months since its Japanese debut, breaking the old record held by Nintendo's Game Boy Advance. "The incredibly popular Nintendo DS is already Wi-Fi enabled to support real time gaming, so adding Web browsing capabilities was a natural evolution for this device," says Scott Hedrick, Executive Vice President, Opera Software. "Gaming devices are growing more advanced and a great Web experience is becoming a product differentiator for gaming manufacturers. Opera is excited to work with Nintendo to deliver a unique dual screen, full Internet experience on Nintendo DS." With an on-screen keypad and stylus, users can easily navigate the Web from their Nintendo DS with PDA-like functionality. Based on the same core as the Opera desktop browser, Opera delivers superior speed and rendering of Web pages on the Nintendo DS. "Within just five seconds of turning on the system, the Nintendo DS is already fully operational. This makes it the ideal device to enable people to swiftly obtain the latest information from the internet, wherever they are," says Masaru Shimomura, Deputy General Manager of Nintendo's R & D Department. "Opera exceeded our expectations with its user friendly interface, quick access to all your favorite sites, ease of use and, most importantly, in making the best use of the Nintendo DS system's unique double screens and touch screen features. Opera is an important partner for Nintendo in our efforts to further expand the users of the Nintendo DS." Nintendo Co., Ltd. held a presentation today in Tokyo, Japan, to announce updates for the Nintendo DS. Information on the availability of the Opera browser DS card has not yet been announced. For further information contact: Opera Europe PR staff Berit Hanson +47 24 16 42 14, berith@opera.com Tor Odland +47 24 16 42 42, toro@opera.com Opera US PR staff Michelle Valdivia, work phone +1 786 312 1717, mobile +1 786 208 6072, michelle@opera.com Nintendo Europe PR staff Simon Watts +44 (0) 207 307 3175 Michele Newberry +44 (0) 207 307 3173 About Opera for Devices Opera provides an optimized implementation of Internet technologies for handheld devices, digital TV and other devices, with innovative and powerful features that seamlessly adapt the Internet experience to suit varying screen sizes and input devices. In addition to being a full Internet browser, Opera is a high performance execution environment for Web applications and dynamic user interfaces based on interoperable open Web technologies such as AJAX. Read more about Opera for Devices About Opera Software ASA Opera Software ASA is an industry leader in the development of Web browser technology, targeting the desktop, mobile, digital TV, consumer electronics and other devices. Partners include companies such as IBM, Nokia, Motorola, Adobe, Nintendo, Symbian, Sony Ericsson, Kyocera, Sharp, Freescale, MontaVista Software, Sigma and AMD. The Opera browser has received international recognition from users, industry experts and media for being faster, smaller and more standards compliant than other browsers. Opera's browser technology is cross platform and modular, and currently available on the following operating systems: Linux, Windows, Windows Mobile, Mac OS, Symbian OS, BREW, QNX, TRON, FreeBSD, Solaris and Mediahighway. The Opera browser is also available as a Java based (J2ME) browser solution called Opera Mini for the world's 700 million Java enabled mobile phones. Visit www.opera.com About Nintendo The worldwide leader and innovator in the creation of interactive entertainment, Nintendo Co., Ltd., of Kyoto, Japan, manufactures and markets hardware and software for its popular home and portable video game systems. To date, Nintendo has sold more than 2 billion video games worldwide and more than 360 million hardware units globally, creating such industry icons as Mario® and Donkey Kong and launched franchises like The Legend of Zelda® and Pokemon®. Nintendo manufactures and markets hardware and software for its popular video game systems, including the Nintendo GameCube, Game Boy Advance, and Nintendo DS. >> http://ds.advancedmn.com/article.php?artid=3337 >> >> [snip] > >Hmm, I hope this is true, but I'm taking it with a pinch of salt for now... i dont get the appeal, at all. the DS screens' resolution isn't exactly huge, so webpages will be about 4 screens wide. all i can see it being is a pain in the arse.  Signaturegamertag: Chrisflynnuk http://live.xbox.com/member/Chrisflynnuk > >> http://ds.advancedmn.com/article.php?artid=3337 > >> [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > > all i can see it being is a pain in the arse. If it was your primary machine; but it's decent for limited use (more people using computers in a wifi house than available computers when someone just wants to do a little browsing, checking out a site at lunch when you're at a wifi hotspot, killing time at an airport with wifi, etc.). It's a nice feature on the PSP, and while display will probably be worse on the DS, text entry will be vastly improved. >> >> http://ds.advancedmn.com/article.php?artid=3337 >> >> [quoted text clipped - 16 lines] > etc.). It's a nice feature on the PSP, and while display will probably > be worse on the DS, text entry will be vastly improved. Here's hoping it will be better than the PSP browser. Whilst it initially looks good, throw it a big web page and it will say "Out of memory" on that page and virtually every other page you try after that until you restart the browser. It can be really annoying to try to scroll around the screen with the analogue nub thing as well as it's too sluggish a lot of the time. Given that it's based on the existing Opera core and that they've already produced a lot of browsers for small devices I think it should be a winner. I use Opera as my main browser on my computer so I'm really looking forward to this! :) > Advanced Media has received word that one of several new announcements > to be made at a Nintendo DS conference in Japan will be the unveiling > of a new Web Browser for the dual-screen handheld. Early reports > indicate that the browser will be powered by Opera Software technolog Need wireless, satellite TV, t'internet and a phone on my Micro.. pull your finger out Nintendo Signaturegt: redsmartie www.redsmartie.com "Game experience may change during online play" "video-game dude" wrote in message ... > http://ds.advancedmn.com/article.php?artid=3337 Certaintly welcomed and while I admit that when I first saw the NDS prior to release, and noting it had built-in 802.11 (legacy), one of the immediete things that came to mind was web and email, but I think its too optimistic to think the DS browser is going to live up to expectations. I've been using portable web browsers since 1998: P/PC's, BE300, PocketPC, Sony PSP and a handheld Jornada 720 that I just picked up recently. The thing with portable web browsering is that html (and extensions) are so dynamic and constantly changing that as soon as a particular browser (including any of Microsoft's PIE's) are no longer supported, they become less and less functional rather quickly. I'm also questioning how capable the DS's rather limited hardware will hold up. I have several much more capable devices that don't hold well (including the PSP). The good news, though, is that Opera is behind the browser -- if anyone can wedge an efficient browser into the DS, it is definetly Opera. Eventually, web browser will be embedded into just about everything like MP3 players are now, but we are still in transition. There are still some things that would work very good with the DS though. - An email client. Thats a given. Email clients are low overhead. Standard POP3. - MP3 player. It could even be do-able to stream MP3's from a local file share, or even the internet, over the DS's wireless. I use my BE300 all the time to stream MP3's. Experimenting, I even forced the wireless card to connect at only 2 Mbs, and found streaming (128 Kbs bitrate) MP3's worked fairly well. Nintendo, being Nintendo, could even a release a PC frontend software (for streaming) program for the kiddies as well. The kiddies would just drag and drop their MP3's into the program and it would do everything else for them, including security. - Web? I have a better idea. Something that would allow you to retrieve information, just like http, but much more efficient and geared more towards embedded uses. Its the same approach I take to piping data, from the internet, to LCD screens. Its nothing "new", just a better and more efficient approach. RSS! The DS should easily be able to handle not only text (and light graphic) RSS, but perhaps even RSS audio ("podcasts"). Just my thoughts... >> - An email client. Thats a given. Email clients are low overhead. > Standard POP3. [quoted text clipped - 16 lines] > > Just my thoughts... Oh, add another "no brainer" to the list as well. - Instant Messenger. Combined ICQ, AIM, Yahoo, MSN, ect. (There is one supposibly under development by a third party though.) I'm hoping that DS2 has a web browser built in standard (like DS has Pictochat) and has more capable hardware (much faster CPU, more RAM) that is able to keep up with rapidly changing standards, and that Opera constantly releases updates downloadable over WiFi. |
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