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?
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6-19-2007 @ 10:16AM
Metroider4 said...
videos and of course ebooks, why they havnt made videos for the ds goes beyond my thought bc its very sucsesful on the psp
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6-19-2007 @ 10:29AM
DSmeet said...
89% Japanese HOUSEHOLDS != 89% Japanese people
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6-19-2007 @ 10:42AM
Kralos said...
downloadable menus at restaurants
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6-19-2007 @ 1:13PM
crossbowgurl said...
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 :)
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6-19-2007 @ 1:25PM
Chris said...
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.
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6-19-2007 @ 1:36PM
Covarr said...
Obviously the DS would make a good Blu-Ray player, as well as a nosehair trimmer.
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6-19-2007 @ 7:21PM
Ryan said...
That last sentence? Yeah. That's what she said. High-five.
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6-20-2007 @ 4:29AM
adl said...
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..
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