More reasons to buy the Nintendo DS?

herzigma — Mon, 06 Mar 2006 03:47:16 +0000

Now the Nintendo DS can remotely control a Windows PC? Check out PointyRemote. It seems like they’re using the dual screens well – one to provide and overview and the other to provide greater zoom.

Also, multi-touch capability?

I feel like this thing is really coming in to its own.

More reasons to want a Nintendo DS

herzigma — Wed, 15 Feb 2006 16:26:10 +0000

I want a Nintendo DS. I played with my brother-in-law’s PSP and it’s nice, but not earth shattering, and I really like the dual screen and touch screen design of the DS. And except for Katamari Damacy, I really like the sort of clever interface puzzle games that only Nintendo seems to produce. I’m torn, though, because the DS isn’t as hacked a platform (Engadget didn’t get any entries for their DS v. PSP hacking smack-down). It’s not even close.

That said, the MAKE: blog did have some good news this morning: The Opera browser is coming to the DS (and hopefully will work off any WiFi point) and someone is working on an organizer for the DS (though I hardly understood anything on the site).

The Tapwave Zodiac would have been perfect. Actually, now that they’re going for less than $200 for the high end model perhaps I should just get one of those. It doesn’t have Wi-Fi built in (I can just buy a compatible SDIO card), but with a MAME emulator it could be the perfect combination of handheld and gaming machine.

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More reasons to buy the Nintendo DS?

More reasons to want a Nintendo DS