Opera DS Browser - European Release Date

Sources state that the Opera DS browser will arrive to Europe October 6th with a price tag of £30. Update It's official. Launch details inside.

Sources state that the Opera DS browser will arrive to Europe October 6th with a price tag of £30. Update It's official. Launch details below.

Since November last year Nintendo users have been enjoying simple, safe and free Nintendo Wi-Fi connection service which to date already has approximately 1.7 million unique users. Now Nintendo is expanding its service offering to include an internet browser from Opera Software, optimised to run on the Nintendo DS. The Nintendo DS Browser launches across Europe on 6th October 2006.

The Nintendo DS Browser is a convenient web browser, which enables Nintendo DS users to surf the web, check and send emails, bank and shop online and even communicate with their friends in live chat. The Nintendo DS Browser features a built-in history function allowing users to bookmark their favourite sites and it has a fast start up time making it quick and easy to connect to the internet, at home or away. Nintendo DS owners can use the browser to connect to Wi-Fi environments at home, a public Wi-Fi hotspot or one of Nintendo's free Wi-Fi hotspots.

By using the unique interface of the Nintendo DS, users can effortlessly surf the web as if they were using a keyboard and mouse. The stylus can be used to activate hyperlinks and click around pages. For typing in URLs and filling in complicated information users can employ an onscreen digital keyboard and the console's handwriting recognition system.

Web sites can be viewed through the Nintendo DS Browser using two main modes. Overview Mode shows the complete web site on one screen and areas which are highlighted will enlarge on the other screen. It also features Opera's Fit-to-Width Mode where web sites will be adjusted to fit inside the two Nintendo DS screens, eliminating the need for horizontal scrolling.

The Nintendo DS Browser will be available as a standard DS cartridge. To allow image or multimedia-heavy web sites to load quickly, it will come bundled with a Memory Expansion Pack, which boosts the system's power. This pack fits snugly into the Game Boy Advance socket on the Nintendo DS and comes in two versions. One version is for the classic Nintendo DS and a smaller version is available to fit the slimmed down Nintendo DS Lite.

Parents who wish to have more control over the internet sites their children access can set passwords required to activate the browser. In addition, Nintendo has partnered with Astaro to provide the option of a parental control which acts as a proxy filter to block inappropriate content.

Connect to the limitless possibilities of the internet using your favourite hand-held games console. The Nintendo DS Browser launches across Europe on 6th October 2006 for the estimated retail price of around £30.

Concluding, we'd like to invite our visitors to send in photo's of them browsing DS-x2 using their Nintendo DS (Lite).

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  that's way too expensive

  MAD_BOY, 30-11--0001 at 00:00
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  £20 mark would be better.

  Andrew, 30-11--0001 at 00:00
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  It were better if they had put the Opera Browser into the DS Lite firmware... But gladly in the Wii's case they will do.

  Olpus Bonzo, 30-11--0001 at 00:00
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  It's confirmed in an official Press Release. Way to expensive, not worth £10 either. Let's hope the Wii version is better.

  skarma, 30-11--0001 at 00:00
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  I recently bought a PSP (web browser is included) so I now have no need to buy an Opera Web Browser for the DS. I might buy it just for the heck of it, though.

  Ali/FireGalaxy DS-x2, 30-11--0001 at 00:00
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  £30?! what are they thinking! yah, I'll agree the Wii version might be worth getting. But I'll pass on this one.

  yakutatazu, 30-11--0001 at 00:00
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  I've always said that the PSP browser is far superior. Along with the extortionate price, there is no way I'll be getting this now.

  Hells Zargon, 30-11--0001 at 00:00
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  how much is 30 euros in american money

  fat-starr, 30-11--0001 at 00:00
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  this is 30 pounds, equivalent to 40-45 euro's... that's 50-60 dollars. :/

  Dennis, 30-11--0001 at 00:00
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  If it had flash and java I'd pay $50 even. Limitless possibilities...my ass.

  tiamat1990, 30-11--0001 at 00:00
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  30 £ = 44,5 € = 57,4 $ Usually in Europe we pay more for software due to taxes, so i think in USA the Opera Web Browser will be launched at 40 $ or so. Don't forget that the price is high because the software is included with a RAM expansion for the DS, to put into the GBA slot.

  Olpus Bonzo, 30-11--0001 at 00:00
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  50 bucks thats alot

  fat-starr, 30-11--0001 at 00:00
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  What it the average price of a DS title in pounds?

  moo_man, 30-11--0001 at 00:00
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  i will still but it and the average is £30

  spikeyjac, 30-11--0001 at 00:00