<s>
The	O
Nintendo	B-Application
DS	I-Application
Browser	I-Application
is	O
a	O
port	O
of	O
the	O
Opera	B-Application
8.5	O
web	B-Application
browser	I-Application
for	O
use	O
on	O
the	O
Nintendo	B-Device
DS	I-Device
,	O
developed	O
by	O
Opera	B-Application
Software	O
and	O
Nintendo	O
,	O
and	O
sold	O
as	O
a	O
standalone	O
game	O
cartridge	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Two	O
versions	O
were	O
sold	O
,	O
one	O
for	O
the	O
original	O
Nintendo	B-Device
DS	I-Device
and	O
one	O
for	O
the	O
Nintendo	B-Device
DS	I-Device
Lite	I-Device
,	O
each	O
with	O
a	O
different	O
Slot-2	O
memory	O
expansion	O
pack	O
to	O
fit	O
the	O
respective	O
system	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
browser	B-Application
received	O
mixed	O
reviews	O
from	O
critics	O
,	O
largely	O
focusing	O
on	O
its	O
slow	O
speeds	O
despite	O
its	O
functionality	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
later	O
rendered	O
obsolete	O
by	O
an	O
improved	O
browser	B-Application
on	O
the	O
system	O
's	O
upgraded	O
version	O
,	O
the	O
Nintendo	B-Device
DSi	I-Device
,	O
which	O
,	O
unlike	O
its	O
predecessor	O
,	O
was	O
onboard	O
software	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Nintendo	B-Application
DS	I-Application
Browser	I-Application
makes	O
use	O
of	O
the	O
Nintendo	B-Device
DS	I-Device
's	O
touchscreen	B-Device
for	O
input	O
,	O
with	O
an	O
on-screen	B-Device
keyboard	I-Device
as	O
well	O
as	O
handwriting	B-Application
recognition	I-Application
and	O
a	O
stock	O
of	O
pre-set	O
text	O
(	O
for	O
example	O
,	O
the	O
.com	O
and	O
.org	O
top-level	O
domains	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
browser	B-Application
can	O
render	O
pages	O
in	O
two	O
modes	O
,	O
Small	B-Application
Screen	I-Application
Rendering	I-Application
(	O
SSR	O
)	O
or	O
Overview	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
Small	B-Application
Screen	I-Application
Rendering	I-Application
mode	O
,	O
the	O
contents	O
of	O
the	O
page	O
are	O
displayed	O
in	O
a	O
single	O
column	O
fitting	O
the	O
width	O
of	O
the	O
screen	O
-	O
for	O
example	O
,	O
a	O
page	O
featuring	O
two	O
columns	O
of	O
text	O
side-by-side	O
would	O
be	O
displayed	O
as	O
a	O
single	O
column	O
,	O
one	O
after	O
the	O
other	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
Overview	O
mode	O
,	O
a	O
scaled-down	O
version	O
of	O
the	O
page	O
is	O
displayed	O
on	O
the	O
touchscreen	B-Device
with	O
a	O
small	O
selection	O
box	O
which	O
can	O
be	O
moved	O
around	O
using	O
the	O
stylus	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
selection	O
can	O
be	O
brought	O
into	O
the	O
touchscreen	B-Device
to	O
perform	O
such	O
actions	O
as	O
click	O
on	O
links	O
or	O
entering	O
text	O
in	O
boxes	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
browser	B-Application
connects	O
to	O
the	O
network	O
through	O
IEEE	O
802.11	O
Wi-Fi	O
access	O
points	O
or	O
hotspots	O
using	O
the	O
built-in	O
wireless	O
capability	O
of	O
the	O
Nintendo	B-Device
DS	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
While	O
WEP	B-Protocol
encryption	O
is	O
supported	O
,	O
WPA	O
encryption	O
is	O
not	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Nintendo	O
has	O
partnered	O
with	O
Internet	O
security	O
company	O
Astaro	O
to	O
integrate	O
web	B-Protocol
filtering	I-Protocol
technology	O
into	O
the	O
Nintendo	B-Application
DS	I-Application
Browser	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Nintendo	B-Application
DS	I-Application
browser	I-Application
supports	O
JavaScript	B-Language
and	O
SSL	B-Protocol
in	O
web	O
pages	O
,	O
but	O
does	O
not	O
support	O
plugins	B-Application
like	O
Adobe	B-Operating_System
Flash	I-Operating_System
,	O
or	O
bold	O
text	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Due	O
to	O
limited	O
system	O
resources	O
,	O
most	O
other	O
dynamic	O
media	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
videos	O
or	O
sound	O
,	O
will	O
not	O
work	O
in	O
the	O
browser	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Both	O
browsers	B-Application
include	O
a	O
web	O
search	O
feature	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Nintendo	B-Application
DS	I-Application
Browser	I-Application
defaults	O
to	O
Yahoo	B-Application
!	I-Application
</s>
<s>
(	O
currently	O
powered	O
by	O
Bing	B-Application
)	O
outside	O
of	O
Japan	O
,	O
or	O
Yahoo	B-Application
!	I-Application
</s>
<s>
Japan	O
(	O
currently	O
powered	O
by	O
Google	B-Application
)	O
in	O
Japan	O
,	O
but	O
can	O
be	O
configured	O
to	O
any	O
supported	O
search	O
engine	O
by	O
editing	O
the	O
URL	O
in	O
the	O
browser	B-Application
settings	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Nintendo	B-Application
DSi	I-Application
Browser	I-Application
limits	O
search	O
engine	O
options	O
to	O
Google	B-Application
or	O
Yahoo	B-Application
!	I-Application
</s>
<s>
Yahoo	B-Application
!	I-Application
</s>
<s>
Japan	O
is	O
no	O
longer	O
supported	O
,	O
as	O
the	O
browsers	B-Application
 '	O
security	O
certificates	O
have	O
expired	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Nintendo	B-Application
DSi	I-Application
Browser	I-Application
passes	O
the	O
Acid1	O
test	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
comparison	O
,	O
the	O
Internet	B-Application
Browser	I-Application
used	O
by	O
newer	O
Nintendo	O
systems	O
is	O
powered	O
by	O
NetFront	B-Operating_System
NX	O
and	O
uses	O
the	O
WebKit	B-Language
browser	B-Application
engine	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
newer	O
browser	B-Application
also	O
passes	O
the	O
Acid1	O
test	O
,	O
and	O
while	O
it	O
fails	O
Acid2	O
,	O
it	O
scores	O
better	O
on	O
Acid3	O
:	O
92%	O
on	O
the	O
original	O
Nintendo	B-Operating_System
3DS	I-Operating_System
,	O
and	O
100%	O
on	O
the	O
Wii	B-Device
U	I-Device
and	O
New	B-Device
Nintendo	I-Device
3DS	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
browser	B-Application
has	O
partial	O
Unicode	O
support	O
,	O
including	O
nearly	O
complete	O
support	O
of	O
Western	O
and	O
CKJ	O
sets	O
,	O
and	O
several	O
universal	O
symbols	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
browser	B-Application
font	O
is	O
used	O
for	O
all	O
text	O
and	O
supports	O
the	O
text	O
shadow	O
style	O
,	O
but	O
not	O
bold	O
or	O
italic	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Emoji	B-Application
is	O
not	O
natively	O
supported	O
,	O
but	O
can	O
be	O
displayed	O
by	O
using	O
an	O
emoji	B-Application
library	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
Twemoji	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Memory	O
Expansion	O
Pak	O
,	O
much	O
like	O
the	O
Rumble	B-Device
Pak	I-Device
,	O
is	O
a	O
DS	B-Device
Option	I-Device
Pak	I-Device
accessory	O
for	O
the	O
Nintendo	B-Device
DS	I-Device
and	O
DS	B-Device
Lite	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
inserted	O
into	O
Slot-2	O
,	O
and	O
it	O
adds	O
8	O
MB	O
of	O
RAM	B-Architecture
to	O
the	O
system	O
,	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
a	O
memory	O
management	O
unit	O
,	O
for	O
a	O
total	O
of	O
12	O
MB	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
accessory	O
is	O
available	O
in	O
two	O
versions	O
:	O
one	O
for	O
the	O
original	O
Nintendo	B-Device
DS	I-Device
,	O
and	O
one	O
that	O
exclusively	O
works	O
with	O
the	O
DS	B-Device
Lite	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
(	O
The	O
original	O
version	O
is	O
also	O
compatible	O
with	O
the	O
DS	B-Device
Lite	I-Device
,	O
although	O
the	O
cartridge	O
protrudes	O
from	O
the	O
console	O
.	O
)	O
</s>
<s>
Retailers	O
carried	O
both	O
versions	O
in	O
Japan	O
and	O
Europe	O
,	O
but	O
other	O
regions	O
only	O
sold	O
the	O
DS	B-Device
Lite	I-Device
version	O
at	O
retail	O
,	O
while	O
Nintendo	O
made	O
the	O
original	O
version	O
available	O
by	O
mail	O
order	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Nintendo	B-Application
DS	I-Application
Browser	I-Application
is	O
the	O
only	O
licensed	O
software	O
for	O
the	O
console	O
that	O
used	O
this	O
accessory	O
,	O
although	O
the	O
browser	B-Application
's	O
instruction	O
manual	O
suggested	O
that	O
other	O
games	O
and	O
software	O
could	O
use	O
the	O
memory	O
,	O
whether	O
mandatory	O
or	O
optional	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Third-party	O
versions	O
of	O
the	O
Memory	O
Expansion	O
Pak	O
also	O
exist	O
:	O
the	O
EZ-V	O
3-in-1	O
offers	O
16	O
MB	O
of	O
RAM	B-Architecture
,	O
while	O
other	O
manufacturers	O
(	O
Supercard	O
,	O
M3	O
and	O
G6	O
)	O
offer	O
32	O
MB	O
of	O
RAM	B-Architecture
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Nintendo	B-Application
DS	I-Application
Browser	I-Application
refuses	O
to	O
boot	O
with	O
these	O
devices	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
November	O
16	O
,	O
2006	O
,	O
the	O
ROM	O
hacking	O
community	O
released	O
a	O
patch	O
to	O
enable	O
third-party	O
memory	O
accessories	O
with	O
the	O
browser	B-Application
,	O
which	O
must	O
be	O
installed	O
as	O
a	O
ROM	B-General_Concept
image	I-General_Concept
on	O
a	O
homebrew	O
device	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
unclear	O
if	O
the	O
browser	B-Application
uses	O
all	O
of	O
the	O
additional	O
RAM	B-Architecture
,	O
or	O
if	O
it	O
is	O
limited	O
to	O
just	O
8	O
MB	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
February	O
15	O
,	O
2006	O
,	O
the	O
Opera	B-Application
Software	O
company	O
announced	O
plans	O
to	O
develop	O
a	O
web	B-Application
browser	I-Application
for	O
the	O
Nintendo	B-Device
DS	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
Australia	O
and	O
the	O
United	O
States	O
,	O
only	O
the	O
DS	B-Device
Lite	I-Device
version	O
was	O
released	O
in	O
stores	O
;	O
the	O
DS	B-Device
Original	O
version	O
was	O
only	O
available	O
as	O
an	O
online	O
order	O
from	O
Nintendo	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Reviews	O
for	O
the	O
Nintendo	B-Application
DS	I-Application
Browser	I-Application
were	O
generally	O
mixed	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Craig	O
Harris	O
of	O
IGN	O
rated	O
the	O
software	O
3.5/10	O
points	O
,	O
noting	O
shortcomings	O
such	O
as	O
extended	O
loading	O
times	O
and	O
lack	O
of	O
Flash	B-Operating_System
support	O
for	O
audio	O
and	O
videos	O
,	O
and	O
suspecting	O
it	O
was	O
due	O
to	O
the	O
system	O
's	O
"	O
underpowered	O
"	O
hardware	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Justin	O
Towell	O
of	O
GamesRadar+	O
called	O
the	O
browser	B-Application
"	O
sluggish	O
but	O
functional	O
"	O
,	O
remarking	O
that	O
it	O
worked	O
better	O
on	O
some	O
sites	O
than	O
others	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
August	O
2007	O
,	O
the	O
Nintendo	B-Application
DS	I-Application
Browser	I-Application
was	O
discontinued	O
in	O
North	O
America	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Nintendo	B-Device
DSi	I-Device
is	O
incompatible	O
with	O
the	O
browser	B-Application
and	O
any	O
Memory	O
Expansion	O
Pak	O
,	O
but	O
it	O
is	O
a	O
more	O
powerful	O
system	O
,	O
with	O
faster	O
processors	O
and	O
16	O
MB	O
of	O
RAM	B-Architecture
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Nintendo	B-Application
DSi	I-Application
Browser	I-Application
was	O
free	O
,	O
and	O
outperformed	O
its	O
predecessor	O
.	O
</s>
