Is the Nintendo DS Browser any good???

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#1 MaStErOsHy
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i wish i pre-ordered it but i didnt. if you have it can u tell me if its any good? Is it fast? Can you go on youtube?
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#2 nely_nelson
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by ds browser do you mean going on the internet on your ds? because i have never heard that, that was possible
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#3 MaStErOsHy
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by ds browser do you mean going on the internet on your ds? because i have never heard that, that was possiblenely_nelson
yea, the internet broswer came out today in the US.
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#4 StarFoxEXR
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I heard bad reviews, but you never know til you try it out yourself.
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#5 MaStErOsHy
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i mean, the only time id use it is while im in bed. ill just go on youtube and other sites. this way i dont need to sit infront of my computer. 

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#6 rgsniper1
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I'm fairly sure one of the only things the US version doesn't do is video, so going to that site would be out of the question. I think the US version does support flash though so it's not a total loss.
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#7 melante
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If you want to try surfing the web on the DS, give a try first to the free Okiwi which is currently under development: it might have what you look for....

http://okiwi.blogspot.com/

a working alpha can be downloaded here:

http://www.albinowolfman.info/updown/okiwi-alpha1.zip

 cheers,

mel

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#8 MaStErOsHy
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WHAT?? NO YOUTUBE!!!!! are u sure?!?
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#9 flowerpedal
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WHAT?? NO YOUTUBE!!!!! are u sure?!?MaStErOsHy


awww....i would get it for sure if youtube works on it lol
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#10 especensor
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WHAT?? NO YOUTUBE!!!!! are u sure?!?MaStErOsHy
why would it support youtube?

the browser is only flash 7

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#11 Jedi_of_Hyrule
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If you want to try surfing the web on the DS, give a try first to the free Okiwi which is currently under development: it might have what you look for....

http://okiwi.blogspot.com/

a working alpha can be downloaded here:

http://www.albinowolfman.info/updown/okiwi-alpha1.zip

 cheers,

mel

melante
those sites are in spanish most of us here speak ENGLISH!!!!
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#12 tman978
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[QUOTE="MaStErOsHy"]WHAT?? NO YOUTUBE!!!!! are u sure?!?especensor

why would it support youtube?

the browser is only flash 7

That's all I do on the Wii is Youtube
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#13 BradRad2365
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If you want to try surfing the web on the DS, give a try first to the free Okiwi which is currently under development: it might have what you look for....

http://okiwi.blogspot.com/

a working alpha can be downloaded here:

http://www.albinowolfman.info/updown/okiwi-alpha1.zip

 cheers,

mel

melante

how does it work? i put it on my R4 but it just gets stuck at a black screen.

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#14 MaStErOsHy
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please, someone who has it. Tell me if i can go on youtube.
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#15 00Aresnal7
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I dont recall it can go on youtube I think it only supports flashplayer 7!!! Not sure ask someone who knows!!!!:idea:
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#16 Joker1232003
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ok the DS web broswer can support Images and Text

Thats all
I have it and use it to check  my emails and stuff, you can listen to music or do anything that requires a plugin
kinda sucks but i think its ok...seeing i only had one PC at the time and my family used it for work grrr but now i have my PS3 for web broswing wooo!

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#17 MaStErOsHy
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i thought there were new stuff on the american version of the browser. like it has more capabilities and stuff.
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#18 00Aresnal7
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Text and image bud, oh and flashplayer 7!!!!!!!:o
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#19 rgsniper1
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A lot of stuff is still published to flashplayer 7, I know I still publish to that for most stuff because I don't see any perfomance increase in the some of the things I work on. Video on the other hand might be a diff. story.
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#20 hjart6
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If you want to try surfing the web on the DS, give a try first to the free Okiwi which is currently under development: it might have what you look for....

http://okiwi.blogspot.com/

a working alpha can be downloaded here:

http://www.albinowolfman.info/updown/okiwi-alpha1.zip

cheers,

mel

melante

that is for a flash cart, no? 

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#21 hjart6
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[QUOTE="melante"]

If you want to try surfing the web on the DS, give a try first to the free Okiwi which is currently under development: it might have what you look for....

http://okiwi.blogspot.com/

a working alpha can be downloaded here:

http://www.albinowolfman.info/updown/okiwi-alpha1.zip

cheers,

mel

BradRad2365

how does it work? i put it on my R4 but it just gets stuck at a black screen.

wrong forum 

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#22 hjart6
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[QUOTE="melante"]

If you want to try surfing the web on the DS, give a try first to the free Okiwi which is currently under development: it might have what you look for....

http://okiwi.blogspot.com/

a working alpha can be downloaded here:

http://www.albinowolfman.info/updown/okiwi-alpha1.zip

cheers,

mel

Jedi_of_Hyrule

those sites are in spanish most of us here speak ENGLISH!!!!

most of us know how to properly explore the site and discover its BOTH english and spanish 

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#23 MaStErOsHy
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w/e im still guna get it, i wish it had youtube though, dang
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#24 MaStErOsHy
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bump
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#25 corey81
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think it will ever be updated to flashplayer 8
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#26 Spikefan2004
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I think that I might get it. (If I can find it). Also, has any one else seen the Nintendo DS lite tv tuner? If it comes out for the us I will get it.
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#27 MaStErOsHy
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i want youtube
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#28 arcelice
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can the browser handle forums like this one? And how about email?
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#29 z_krazed7
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nintendo ds browser has images text flash and oh did u guys remember javascript?!!
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#30 technofranki
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Here his a copy&past from web page:

The DS Browser comes with a DS cartridge and a Memory Expansion Pak. Just plug it in and your ready to go. If you haven't used your DS online yet, you have to set it up. But this is an easy task.

So how does it work? On the touchscreen you have a menubar at the bottom. Here you can select to enter a URL to go to a webpage. If you use that webpage a lot, bookmark it. The page can be viewed in two different ways. The first is Overview Mode. Her you have the page fit into the touchscreen and a zoombox. What's inside the zoombox is showed on the topscreen. The second mode is SRR Mode. The page is formated to fit both screens, and I think this is the best mode. The keyboard to type in text works very well and you are also able to usehabdwritting recognition. I haven't used it much, since I'm very good at using the keyboard.

There have been much talk about the speed of the browser. Yes, it's slow and it can take some time to load the page. It feels like using a 56K modem again. So it cant replace your PC. But for me this software is very good. I often lie in bed using WAP on my cellphone, this ofcourse cost some money. So DS Browser is a good replacement for your cellhpone since you easily can view all sort of pages.

The browser does not support Flash, video, audio or PDF, but that doesn't have to be a problem. So is it worth buying? I will say yes if you need to have internet access all the time. The price is a bit high thou.

You can buy the DS Browser from:
Play-Asia.com (EURO/US/*** version)

Amazon.co.uk (European version)
DS Lite version
DS phat version

Amazon.com (US Lite version)

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#31 AlviraSolidor
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I was thinking of getting this...I live with 5 other people, and only one computer, so I figured I could really use it. I really hope it works okay.
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#32 fastvipa14
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before the us version was coming out, i thought the main point of the long wait was for putting flash support in.
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#33 meowww
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its hard to make it
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#34 TheRealGameBoyx
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i think its not worth 30$ i rather just use my computer the only reson to buy it is so little kids can go on " Bad Websites"