Post by Nightwalker on Feb 16, 2006 9:47:29 GMT -5
BEIJING, Feb. 16(Xinhuanet) -- The Japanese gaming company Nintendo announced on Wednesday plans to begin selling the new Nintendo DS Lite handheld video-game machine which features dual-screen handheld web browsing and TV watching functions.
; "These products propose a different use for the DS in entirely new fields," Nintendo President Satoru Iwata told a news conference.
The company said it plans to begin selling a Web browser in June and launch a card with a digital television receiver by the end of the year.
The Nintendo DS has two screens and the browser will make use of both. The lower screen will show an overview of the entire Web page while the top screen will show a magnified view of an area selected by the user. The machine already comes with a Wi-Fi wireless connection.
The Internet browser will come from Opera Software of Norway, according to Nintendo. Users will be able to write words for searches on the touch panel, or use both screens to view Web pages.
Nintendo said a card with an antenna will enable owners to watch television programmes for mobile devices, which Japanese broadcasters are expected to begin offering from April 1.
Worldwide sales of the DS have already reached 14.4 million units, including 6 million in Japan.
Source:
news.xinhuanet.com/english/2006-02/16/content_4188061.htm
; "These products propose a different use for the DS in entirely new fields," Nintendo President Satoru Iwata told a news conference.
The company said it plans to begin selling a Web browser in June and launch a card with a digital television receiver by the end of the year.
The Nintendo DS has two screens and the browser will make use of both. The lower screen will show an overview of the entire Web page while the top screen will show a magnified view of an area selected by the user. The machine already comes with a Wi-Fi wireless connection.
The Internet browser will come from Opera Software of Norway, according to Nintendo. Users will be able to write words for searches on the touch panel, or use both screens to view Web pages.
Nintendo said a card with an antenna will enable owners to watch television programmes for mobile devices, which Japanese broadcasters are expected to begin offering from April 1.
Worldwide sales of the DS have already reached 14.4 million units, including 6 million in Japan.
Source:
news.xinhuanet.com/english/2006-02/16/content_4188061.htm
