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Nintendo DS To Allow Free VoIP Calls

Posted by timothy on from the biz-oriented-version-would-sell-well dept.

sm4kxd writes "Gamespot is reporting that the Nintendo DS will use "built-in wireless 802.11b networking capabilities to offer voice-over-IP chat--in effect, allowing gamers to use the DS to make free phone calls at wireless network hotspots." There's also mention of a headset, so you won't look ridiculous while doing so." The article doesn't have much more information, but the "in effect" seems important; this may only allow unit-to-unit conversations, not VoIP calls to the regular telephone network.

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  1. yeah, but by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    but will it help me get first post?

  2. Maybe.. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    But will it get you first post?

  3. Hmm. Interesting. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    Hot shit, fittay cent! Hot shit nigga, FITTAY CENT!!

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  4. Re:What will my Nintendo DS phone number be? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    I belive it will be 555-Sad and Lonely Nintendo Loving Linux Whore

  5. Nintendo BS by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    I'm still waiting for the BS. 7 screens!

  6. Nintendo DS? More like Nintendo BS Am I Right? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    FUCK NINTENDO. Sony owns their anus ring like *THIS*, son.

  7. UNIVERSAL SERVICE FEES ARE A GOOD THING!!! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    For all the people who complain about that whopping $3 per month universal service fee...it amazes me how many people forget what that's for, namely EXPANSION AND MAINTENANCE OF THE NETWORK! Let's say I live out in the boondocks...it makes no financial sense at all for the phone company to pull wire 20 miles away for one phone line, it's a money loser nomatter how you slice it. Without the USF, the only option would be to make people pay for pulling that cable..trenching, poles, etc. If you were the guy who lived out on that farmhouse in the middle of nowhere, you'd be mighty upset having to pay $15,000 to get a phone line installed. Plus, without "universal service" the network becomes useless...who knows what any given user has for a phone? I'm constantly amazed how people in the US (spoiled by a five-nines reliable, universal service Ma Bell-derived phone company) whine and complain. Try going to another country..Europe, Japan, etc...their phone system is so useless they have to use cell phones for everything. I for one am grateful to have the ever-present "ugh..call me on a land line so I can hear you" option when my cell is being a big piece of crap. So in short, shut up, quit whining, and just pay the damn three dollars...the ability to actually reach people is really worth it.

  8. There's also mention of a headset by PhotoBoy · · Score: 0, Troll

    What!?!? No side talking?!?!