DS Daily: Common usage
by Jason Wishnov 
{ Jun 19th 2007 at 9:00AM }
It'd be cool to live in Japan, we've always said. The food, the culture, the fact that by 2011, 89% of the Japanese will own a DS ... wait, what?That's insane. Ridiculous. Incomprehensible. We're quite sure that not even close to 89% of Americans have a web-connected computer (2003 U.S. census figures showed 55%), and it's almost assumed in today's society that you've got access to the internet at home.
With such a ubiquitous, portable, and interactive device, it's amazing that the Japanese haven't truly capitalized on its potential. They've got English dictionaries and day planners and all that, but everyone's got one! Why not introduce eBooks, or DS-enabled fast food drive-thrus, or ...! Well, we're maybe not so good at this. What would you guys do with that ridiculous penetration rate?
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Metroider4 @ Jun 19th 2007 10:16AM
videos and of course ebooks, why they havnt made videos for the ds goes beyond my thought bc its very sucsesful on the psp
DSmeet @ Jun 19th 2007 10:29AM
89% Japanese HOUSEHOLDS != 89% Japanese people
Kralos @ Jun 19th 2007 10:42AM
downloadable menus at restaurants
crossbowgurl @ Jun 19th 2007 1:13PM
more dictionaries would be great. movies on ds/psp arnt so fun :( ive tried both and its better to just buy a portable dvd player... but maybe others find it more fun than i do.
manga on ds would be nice as well :D they have them on phones i heard, so it could happen :)
Chris @ Jun 19th 2007 1:25PM
I was thinking about this last night as I was reading "Walden" on Project Guttenberg's website via my new DS browser. Books on cart! I know that the GBA had some Nicktoons released. How about other movies? Movies on cart! I'd be interested in that.
Covarr @ Jun 19th 2007 1:36PM
Obviously the DS would make a good Blu-Ray player, as well as a nosehair trimmer.
Ryan @ Jun 19th 2007 7:21PM
That last sentence? Yeah. That's what she said. High-five.
adl @ Jun 20th 2007 4:29AM
I'm still a bit disappointed, that no-one made an office app with calendars and stuff with syncing abilities via wifi. (I haven't checked the japanese market, but the homebrews are starting to get close)
#6: Haha, right. Though I think that they wouldn't gang up with Sony..