# I'm surfing the Dope from my DS! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [October 9, 2006, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-surfing-the-dope-from-my-ds/375832 "2006-10-09T20:19:30Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Revenant\_Threshold](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f1d935/32.png) [@Revenant\_Threshold](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revenant_Threshold)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2006, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-surfing-the-dope-from-my-ds/375832/1 "2006-10-09T20:19:30Z")
I’m liking it so far. The browser’s pretty intuitive, even though this is my first time using Opera. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![rjung](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/45deac/32.png) [@rjung](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rjung)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2006, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-surfing-the-dope-from-my-ds/375832/2 "2006-10-09T20:53:19Z")
How slow is it? I’ve been quasi-interested in the DS Opera browser, but early reports say it’s slower than a Goomba on quaaludes. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![E-Sabbath](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/e19adc/32.png) [@E-Sabbath](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/E-Sabbath)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2006, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-surfing-the-dope-from-my-ds/375832/3 "2006-10-09T20:56:09Z")
British version or Japanese? I can’t wait for it to come out in the US. ---
**Author:** ![AHunter3](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ahunter3/32/368_2.png) [@AHunter3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AHunter3)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2006, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-surfing-the-dope-from-my-ds/375832/4 "2006-10-09T20:59:15Z")
Dear Sister? Designated Shithole? Deviated Septum? Depreciated System? Diagonal Space? ---
**Author:** ![Baron\_Greenback](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/baron_greenback/32/48_2.png) [@Baron\_Greenback](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baron_Greenback)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2006, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-surfing-the-dope-from-my-ds/375832/5 "2006-10-09T21:00:43Z")
I’ve read the front page for a couple of years with my Sharp GX-30, but it’s not able to render the boards, and now the poor old thing is falling to bits _sob_. What’s a DS seeing as I’m in the market for a new phone? ---
**Author:** ![Amp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Amp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amp)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2006, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-surfing-the-dope-from-my-ds/375832/6 "2006-10-09T21:06:27Z")
I give you [THE DS](http://www.nintendo.com/systemsds) ---
**Author:** ![Baron\_Greenback](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/baron_greenback/32/48_2.png) [@Baron\_Greenback](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baron_Greenback)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2006, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-surfing-the-dope-from-my-ds/375832/7 "2006-10-09T21:13:08Z")
[QUOTE=Amp] I give you [THE DS](http://www.nintendo.com/systemsds) [/QUOTE] Ahhh. Well I might just go for one of the new Samsungs then. ---
**Author:** ![Revenant\_Threshold](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f1d935/32.png) [@Revenant\_Threshold](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revenant_Threshold)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2006, 9:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-surfing-the-dope-from-my-ds/375832/8 "2006-10-09T21:19:38Z")
I’m back on my PC now (got back from uni). [QUOTE=rjung] How slow is it? I’ve been quasi-interested in the DS Opera browser, but early reports say it’s slower than a Goomba on quaaludes. 😉 [/QUOTE] I wonder why Mario never thought of that trick? It’s certainly slower than my PC on broadband. I’d say it’s between that and dial-up. [QUOTE=E-Sabbath] British version or Japanese? I can’t wait for it to come out in the US. [/QUOTE] British. Is it not out there yet, then? Strange, you usually get consoles/games before or the same time as us. > [@](#): > > I’ve read the front page for a couple of years with my Sharp GX-30, but it’s not able to render the boards, and now the poor old thing is falling to bits _sob_. What’s a DS seeing as I’m in the market for a new phone? It sees it all. It may be slow, but it renders the boards pretty perfectly; it can show pictures fine, it’s just video that it won’t play. With the two screens, one shows the entire width of the webpage which you can scroll down, and the other shows a highlighted area of the upper screen so you can actually read what’s on it. The touch-screen makes it very easy to fill in details; I logged myself in and posted this with no problems. On preview; yeah, you might not want a games console, **Struan**. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![AHunter3](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ahunter3/32/368_2.png) [@AHunter3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AHunter3)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2006, 11:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-surfing-the-dope-from-my-ds/375832/9 "2006-10-09T23:31:16Z")
Oh. One of them ‘gaming console’ things. ---
**Author:** ![E-Sabbath](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/e19adc/32.png) [@E-Sabbath](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/E-Sabbath)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2006, 12:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-surfing-the-dope-from-my-ds/375832/10 "2006-10-10T00:42:16Z")
Portable game thingy with a touchpad. Bout the size of an eyeglass case, Ahunter. The browser is a nice addition. I already use mine at work as a WiFi access point scanner. This means my copy of Tony Hawk is a business necessity. I can dig it. ---
**Author:** ![Uvula\_Donor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/e19adc/32.png) [@Uvula\_Donor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Uvula_Donor)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2006, 12:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-surfing-the-dope-from-my-ds/375832/11 "2006-10-10T00:52:07Z")
Okay. So. When is it getting released in the US, or should I just hop onto eBay and buy a greymarket import? Related, but OT: Whatever happened to the organizer that was planned for the DS? Damn thing’s been vaporware for going on two years now. ---
**Author:** ![E-Sabbath](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/e19adc/32.png) [@E-Sabbath](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/E-Sabbath)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2006, 2:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-surfing-the-dope-from-my-ds/375832/12 "2006-10-10T02:34:19Z")
DS is regionless. The euro one should work fine. [http://www.opera.com/products/devices/nintendo/](http://www.opera.com/products/devices/nintendo/) November 19th for US. I dunno why the delay. ---
**Author:** ![St\_Ides](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ccd318/32.png) [@St\_Ides](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/St_Ides)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2006, 3:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-surfing-the-dope-from-my-ds/375832/13 "2006-10-10T03:10:12Z")
[QUOTE=E-Sabbath] November 19th for US. I dunno why the delay. [/QUOTE] November 19th is release date for the Wii… They haven’t set a release date for the browser yet. Why? I have no idea. Doesn’t seem like anyone else does either. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2006, 3:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-surfing-the-dope-from-my-ds/375832/14 "2006-10-10T03:25:50Z")
So how does a DS connect to the Internet? Is it a subscription service via the cell network, or some other system? ---
**Author:** ![E-Sabbath](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/e19adc/32.png) [@E-Sabbath](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/E-Sabbath)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2006, 3:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-surfing-the-dope-from-my-ds/375832/15 "2006-10-10T03:50:03Z")
802.11g wireless. Not B, G only. ---
**Author:** ![Red\_Barchetta](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/da6949/32.png) [@Red\_Barchetta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Red_Barchetta)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2006, 5:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-surfing-the-dope-from-my-ds/375832/16 "2006-10-10T05:01:28Z")
[QUOTE=E-Sabbath] 802.11g wireless. Not B, G only. [/QUOTE] Not quite. DS only supports **B** , but most **G** networks are backwards compatible as well. The only thing to keep in mind is that the DS can only connected to a hotspot that is free (no charge to use), and doesn’t require the user to go through a “Terms and agreement” screen. ---
**Author:** ![E-Sabbath](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/e19adc/32.png) [@E-Sabbath](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/E-Sabbath)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2006, 5:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-surfing-the-dope-from-my-ds/375832/17 "2006-10-10T05:57:00Z")
Hm. So that means that the MagicLan I couldn’t detect with it was G only, and not B? Weird. Anyhow, if you have a laptop and the DS Wifi adapter, you can actually get your DS on at restricted areas, through rebroadcasting. I think McDonalds lets you surf for free, too. ---
**Author:** ![C\_K\_Dexter\_Haven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b2d939/32.png) [@C\_K\_Dexter\_Haven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/C_K_Dexter_Haven)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2006, 11:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-surfing-the-dope-from-my-ds/375832/18 "2006-10-10T11:33:52Z")
? I don’t see that this is related to arts/entertainment, except in the broadest sense of entertainment. Hence, moved from Cafe Society to MPSIMS. ---
**Author:** ![Amp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Amp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amp)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2006, 12:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-surfing-the-dope-from-my-ds/375832/19 "2006-10-10T12:01:08Z")
[QUOTE=C K Dexter Haven] ? I don’t see that this is related to arts/entertainment, except in the broadest sense of entertainment. Hence, moved from Cafe Society to MPSIMS. [/QUOTE] Yes, but did you do it from your DS? ---
**Author:** ![xnylder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/bbce88/32.png) [@xnylder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xnylder)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2006, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-surfing-the-dope-from-my-ds/375832/20 "2006-10-10T17:45:31Z")
[QUOTE=Uvula Donor] Related, but OT: Whatever happened to the organizer that was planned for the DS? Damn thing’s been vaporware for going on two years now. [/QUOTE] I’d really like to see one of these, and I can’t understand for the life of my why Nintendo wouldn’t release one here. They’ve got Stylebook software in Japan, which has calendar and address book functions. (It’s also got Sanrio characters, but that probably wouldn’t be a priority here…) If my Japanese were stronger, I’d buy that software for my DS instead of replacing my malfunctioning Palm. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-surfing-the-dope-from-my-ds/375832.md?page=2)