07.04.07
Nintendo DS browser
What a great concept! What a disapointing execution. Maybe there just isn’t enought processor to render web pages in the little machine. Hard to believe since the Nintendo DS plays games so well. Maybe the Opera code doesn’t port to the DS very well?
I had been looking forward to the browser for the Nintendo DS for quite some time, it seemed like such an obvious application, but now that I have had a chance to use it I am disapointed. It is very slow and leaves something to be desired. I have used other “crippled” devices to browse the web - like Blackberry and the Nokia 7600. I prefer the Nokia to the DS browser. The handwriting technology is good and the compromises made to fit the small screen seem acceptable, but the whole experience is too slow.
I like the idea of a small web browser, but devices like the Nokia and the DS browser always bring me back to a full size computer for the videos, flash and the speed as well as the screen size.
Maybe they will try again or a 3rd party will succeed where Nintendo did not…. this time.