Nintendo DS Browser (Nintendo DS, 2007)

I have mixed feelings about this product. I have a laptop at home with wireless connection with no problems. The Ds browser picks up the wireless signal, but I usually get a "disconnected" message before the page finishes loading. So everytime I go on a new page or do anything, it has to search for the signal again, only to lose it within seconds. That's even with me inches away from my wireless router. However, the pages that do load look pretty good with nice graphics. The graphics 97% of the time dont load for me.

I was able to check my emails and go on a few forums and post there. I however could not sign on to ebay. It just will not allow me no matter what. You also can not see videos or hear any sound. I already knew that before I bought it.

For parents concerned abut security, you can put a filter on it for children so they will not be able to view questionable sites. It filters about 60 million sites and instructions to do this will come with the browser. You can also make it password protected so your child can not use it without you knowing.

If you are sick of using the keyboard, you can write letters in with your stylus when putting in a url! I thought that was quite neat.

You can disable pictures so pages will load faster. Some people think the pages load too slow but it's not THAT slow. Most pages for me loaded within 30-60 seconds...that is when I could get a full signal. It could be worse and if you've ever had dial up then you know what I mean.

Overall, it's not bad, but needs some work. I am mostly concerned with being able to connect to the internet in certain hotspots. What good is this if you are going to have issues picking up signals and whatnot? You just have no idea when and where it will work and when it won't..especially if certain hotspots have high security on their browsers...the DS defintely won't pick the signal up.