networkingpipeline.com — Strange as it may seem, Nintendo is deploying a free, nationwide Wi-Fi network, well before Google. For now, it's a game service. But there's no reason why in the future it couldn't be used for the Web, email, and data as well.
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Closed AccountNov 30, 2005
i cant see nintendo offering wifi.. since the company(wayport) they are using to provide it already provides full wifi to many mcdonalds..i do see nintendos cash helping wayport get more mcdonalds..i can see nitendo getting to use it for games, and people who want to surf the web will hvave to buy it just like at star bucks.IF you log into the web you will see a wayport logo not nintendo.
dvydraNov 30, 2005
so what happens when the ds protocol gets hacked and people get a PC app that can pretend to be a DS and connect over nintendo wifi?
g33tarristNov 30, 2005
Well i dont think they "beat google to nation wide wifi" more like beat them to hooking fat kids to zelda. But I mean it is quite a step in the world of gaming. Not sure about internet use since you can have a pda or tablet pc that can connect to the internet anywhere via antenna or reciever of sort. I think this is sorta blown outa proportion though i mean honestly its not really internet its just "ds live" of sorts. SO i think google still has time.
Closed AccountNov 30, 2005
this guy really didn't do enough research, and will probably get reamed for it. Too bad :p.
stewacideNov 30, 2005
Nintendo is clever to keep the wireless protocol for the DS and I presume the next-gen GameBoy proprietary, since they can build it into the Revolution and and market its functionality as a GameBoy net access point...
n3tfuryNov 30, 2005
lame. no digg.