DS Opera browser release date ***UPDATED***
The ds browser will be coming out on October 6th.
On July 24th, Japanese Nintendo DS owners will be the first to experience the joys of surfing with the Opera browser. The July 21st issue of Weekly Famitsu published the results of a poll asking Famitsu.com readers their thoughts about the upcoming browser, and the results are somewhat surprising.
Of those who responded (since it's pretty much impossible to give results from people who didn't), 55.3 percent showed definite interest in Web browsing on the DS. The reasons that the respondents interests piqued were touch pen support, being able to check Web-based e-mail, and naturally, being able to surf wireless via Wi-Fi stations or at free wireless hotspots.
On the other hand, 27.7 percent stated that they weren't interested in the browser. The reasons that they gave for being underwhelmed by Opera were lack of access to a wireless LAN, no support for Flash and other fancier applications, and they already had other gadgets that they use for portable internet access.
And 17 percent said that they were unsure. So when you get down to it, only half comitted to being interested. We would have thought the number would have been higher. Doing an informal poll here at the office we found that 86% were interested in browsing on the DS. 10% had no idea what a DS was. We tend to avoid those people in the break room.
On July 24th, Japanese Nintendo DS owners will be the first to experience the joys of surfing with the Opera browser. The July 21st issue of Weekly Famitsu published the results of a poll asking Famitsu.com readers their thoughts about the upcoming browser, and the results are somewhat surprising.
Of those who responded (since it's pretty much impossible to give results from people who didn't), 55.3 percent showed definite interest in Web browsing on the DS. The reasons that the respondents interests piqued were touch pen support, being able to check Web-based e-mail, and naturally, being able to surf wireless via Wi-Fi stations or at free wireless hotspots.
On the other hand, 27.7 percent stated that they weren't interested in the browser. The reasons that they gave for being underwhelmed by Opera were lack of access to a wireless LAN, no support for Flash and other fancier applications, and they already had other gadgets that they use for portable internet access.
And 17 percent said that they were unsure. So when you get down to it, only half comitted to being interested. We would have thought the number would have been higher. Doing an informal poll here at the office we found that 86% were interested in browsing on the DS. 10% had no idea what a DS was. We tend to avoid those people in the break room.
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