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  1. Re:Important info missing by Ambiguous+Puzuma · · Score: 1 · on Nintendo DSi Sells Out Quickly, Reviews Coming In

    They use dswifi, which is included with devkitPro (devkitARM). Yes, it is basically a homebrew driver/library. (It has been previously covered on Slashdot.)

    If you look at DSOrganize, one of the most popular homebrew programs for the DS, you'll see that it can use either the wifi settings stored in firmware or custom wifi settings stored by DSOrganize.

  2. Re:Important info missing by Ambiguous+Puzuma · · Score: 1 · on Nintendo DSi Sells Out Quickly, Reviews Coming In

    They use dswifi, which is included with devkitPro (devkitARM). Yes, it is basically a homebrew driver/library. (It has been previously covered on Slashdot.)

    If you look at DSOrganize, one of the most popular homebrew programs for the DS, you'll see that it can use either the wifi settings stored in firmware or custom wifi settings stored by DSOrganize.

  3. Re:I don't know why Apple needs to worry by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0 · on New Nintendo DS to Include Camera, Music

    If you've got a flash cart, try DSOrganize. It does most of the stuff you want, plus it has IRC.

    http://www.dragonminded.com/?loc=ndsdev/DSOrganize

    The only reason I got a DS in the first place was the awesome homebrew community.

  4. There are TONS of homebrew apps for DS by MobyDisk · · Score: 2, Informative · on Nintendo Battles Makers of the R4

    The Nintendo DS is homebrew heaven. There are dozens of mod chips for the DS. And many, many forums and libraries for homebrew applications. There's several development wiki's and some must have applications.

    This is not a tool for piracy. If they want to stop piracy, they need to stop the people who are dumping roms. And you won't find tools to dump roms quite so easily. Attacking the companies that make legitimate devices lazy and anti-customer.

  5. Re:DS is a most amazing device by vrmlguy · · Score: 2, Informative · on DS Games To Be Downloadable to the Wii

    You want to look at DSorganize, then. (http://www.dragonminded.com/?loc=ndsdev/DSOrganize)

    It has an address book, a calendar and to-do list, a mostly-text web browser, and an IRC client. It runs on most homebrew cards; the Games-N-Music can usually be found at Walmart and Best Buy, but better ones are available online.

  6. Re:GB finally laid to rest by DanTheManMS · · Score: 1 · on Nintendo May Retire Game Boy Name

    The DS could actually be quite a capable "smart-device" if Nintendo wanted to market it that way. After all, it already has wi-fi built in, plus chat, mail, etc. I don't know if they have it or not, but if the DS includes an address book and a few other things (calendar, graphing calculator, memo pad), it would actually make a killer replacement for a PDA.
    Many of those PDA-like functions can be accomplished through the use of DS homebrew. There's NDSMail for email (though the lack of SSL limits its usability), DSOrganize for many PDA-type apps (scribble pad, scientific calculator, text editor, music player, Internet radio streamer, day planner, calendar, to-do list, and address book, plus an IRC client and web browser), and there's a TI-83 emulator for the GBA made by Dwedit that's currently being ported to the DS for graphing calculator functionality. DSLinux also helps turn the DS into a miniature computer with file management capabilities and two web browsers of its own.

    Sure, homebrew is not officially endorsed by Nintendo, but it makes the DS a much more usable device to me.
  7. Re:OT: Turn it into a PDA! by Ilium9 · · Score: 4, Informative · on Pokemon DS Title Includes VOIP Element

    You can already, and quite literally, turn your DS into a PDA with homebrew software called DSOrganize. http://www.dragonminded.com/?loc=ndsdev/DSOrganize Although, in order to use this software you have to dish out anywhere from $30-$130 or more for the development cartridge (there are many to choose from, all with different features). Read more here http://wiki.pocketheaven.com/Category:DS_Flash_Car ds or http://scdev.org/